August Josef Lux

August Josef Lux was born in Vienna in 1871 to a family from the Rhineland. Self-taught studies in Vienna, Paris and London followed. From 1901, he worked as an art and novelist as well as an architecture critic. From 1904 to 1908, he was editor of the "Hohe-Warte-Illustrierte Halbmonatsschrift für die künstlerischen, geistigen und wirtschaftlichen Interessen der städtischen Kultur-Hohe-Warte". From 1907, he endeavored to found a counterpart to the Munich Deutscher Werkbund in Austria. He is one of the co-founders of the "Bildungsschule" in Hellerau-Dresden. From 1918 to 1920, he worked as press spokesman for the Salzburg Festival Theater. In 1921, at the age of fifty, he consciously professed his Catholic faith. In 1926 he moved to Anif. He is co-founder of the Richard-von-Kralik Society and editor of the magazine "Kunst- und Kulturrat", which is published in Salzburg. From 1930, he was the leader of the "Lux-Spielleute Gottes" and was one of the co-founders of the "Bildungsschule" in Hellerau-Dresden.

After the Anschluss, he was arrested for his religious commitment, his writings and his political commitment to the history of Austria ("Österreich über alles") and transferred to Dachau concentration camp on April 1, 1938 on the "Prominent Transport". His writings were burned on the Residenzplatz in Salzburg.