Josef Zirkler

Personalia

Born:

February 13, 1891, Dresden

Died:

May 19, 1966, St. Pölten

Profession:

Civil servant

Persecution:

Buchenwald concentration camp 12.03.1938 - 11.11.1938

KZ Number:

852

Memberships

K.Ö.St.V. Aggstein St. Pölten, K.Ö.St.V. Carolina St. Pölten

Curriculum Vitae

Josef Zirkler took up his post as a provisional teacher in 1911. In 1932, he became principal and in 1937 district school inspector.

After the Anschluss, he was removed from the teaching profession on March 12, 1938, arrested and taken to Buchenwald concentration camp (Block 2), where he remained imprisoned until November 11, 1938. From this day onwards, when he was deported by the SS to another unknown location, there is no further information.

After the war, he returned to teaching and ultimately worked as a regional school inspector.

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Places

Persecution:

Buchenwald concentration camp (Weimar, Germany)

Residence:

Schafberggasse 1a (Vienna)

Citations

Fritz, Herbert/Krause, Peter (2013): Farbe tragen, Farbe bekennen 1938–45. Katholisch Korporierte in Widerstand und Verfolgung. (ÖVfStg, 2013) 610/611.

Josef Zirkler

Civil servant

* February 13, 1891

Dresden

† May 19, 1966

St. Pölten

Concentration camp