Johann Czehowsky
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Imprisonment 01.12.1942 - 03.01.1943,
Imprisonment 01.09.1943 - 19.09.1943,
Imprisonment 07.02.1944 - 28.02.1945,
Gusen concentration camp 28.02.1945 - 05.05.1945
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Curriculum Vitae
Johann Czehowsky was born in Fröllersdorf [today: Jevišovka in the Czech Republic] as the legitimate son of Thomas Czehowsky and Magdalena, née Jurditsch. Little is known about his childhood and youth, except that he later worked as a locksmith's assistant in Vienna and then joined the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) as a locomotive stoker. In 1937, he married Hermine Pruša and subsequently had two daughters with her.
It is unclear whether he was a member of the Austrian Communist Party (KPÖ)
On Daily Report No. 7 of July 1942 and others, concerning the action against the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Austria:
On December 1, 1942, the locomotive stoker at Nordbahnhof
Johann Czehowsky, born July 9, 1910 Fröllersdorf, DRA, rk. married, Vienna, II, Harkortstraße 3 wh.,
arrested for communist activities.
Czehowsky had political connections with the already arrested Communist Party functionary Emil König and Matthias Liska, among others.
He was released from prison on January 3, 1943 and arrested again on September 1, 1943. He was released again on September 19, 1943 and arrested a third time on February 7, 1944. On February 28, 1945, he was deported from prison to the Gusen concentration camp. He was liberated there by US Army troops on May 5, 1945.
After his liberation, Johann Czehowsky returned to Vienna and worked again for the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) as a train driver. Politically, he turned his back on communism and joined the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and the ÖVP-Kameradschaft der politisch Verfolgten und Bekenner für Österreich.
He died at the age of 59 in Vienna.
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Österreichisches Staatsarchiv (ÖStA)
Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv (WStLA)
Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstands (DÖW)
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