Josef Leb

Josef Leb visits the Jesuit innate on the Freinberg near Linz after the Volksschule until the seventh class. After the Matura at the Franz-Joseph-Gymnasium in Vienna he founded together with the "Viennese Men's Apostle“ P. Heinrich Abel SJ [1843–1926] is the first congregation of middle students and is also their prefect. In 1893 he begins German studies and will be joined in 1893 Austria in Vienna as a member. Then he moved to the Juridian faculty, where he took the right-historical examination in 1901 and received the Absolutory in 1903. After the Volunteer Year 1895/96 and the appointment as a lieutenant i. d. reserve, he cancels the officer race in 1896. In 1902 he enters the Supreme Courtmaster's office and serves as an active officer and imperial officer for court trips in the First World War.

From 1918, he takes over the management of the Tyrolia publishing house in Innsbruck and Vienna, as well as working on and expanding the Catholic library organization “Volkslesehalle”, which has 39 books and more than 70,000 volumes, which are confiscated by the National Socialists after joining.

On 16. In March 1938 he was arrested at the Central Office of the Volkslesehalle by the SA and only after the intervention of Cardinal Innitzer on 28th March 1938 released again. He then enters church services. After his wife's death, Josef Leb studies theology and becomes 30. July 1944 consecrated to the priest in Vienna. He then works as Kaplan 1944 in St. Rochus, 1945 in St. Augustin and religious teacher in Vienna. He dies shortly after the end of the war.