Agnes Maria Polly (geb. Kolar)

Photo by Agnes Polly
Agnes Polly
Image: DÖW

Personalia

Born:

January 11, 1904, Vienna

Died:

April 27, 1993, Vienna

Profession:

Educator

Persecution:

Imprisonment 10.05.1941 - 20.05.1944

Curriculum Vitae

Agnes Maria Kolar was born in Vienna, the daughter of the court servant Josef Kolar and Karin, née Uydrna. After attending primary and secondary school, she did an apprenticeship as a tailor. After completing this, she worked as a seamstress in various businesses for around ten years.

In 1927, Agnes Kolar became an educator and worked in Hungary and France. In 1932, she married the teacher Karl Polly. The Christian-socialist Austrian joins the Vaterländische Front and runs the household together from 1937. Their son was born in 1938.

With around 20 to 25 other primary school teachers, Karl Polly joined the legitimist resistance group Austrian Workers' Party (ÖAP) at a physical education meeting in 1940. The group maintains contact with foreign legitimist circles, including Otto von Habsburg-Lothringen. She distributes leaflets smuggled in from abroad and her own.

Recognition photo of Agnes Polly
Recognition photo of Agnes Polly
Image: DÖW

The activities of the Austrian Workers' Party (ÖAP) did not go unnoticed by the Gestapo. Agnes Polly was arrested by the Gestapo on May 10, 1941 and sentenced to two years in prison in a trial before the People's Court on November 20, 1943. She served her sentence in Stein an der Donau prison and was released on May 20, 1944.

Places

Residence:

hetzgasse 20 (Vienna)

Citations

Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv (WStLA)

Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstands (DÖW)

Matricula Online

Friedhöfe Wien - Verstorbenensuche

Agnes Polly

Educator
* January 11, 1904
Vienna
† April 27, 1993
Vienna
Detention