Dr. Aloisia (Luise) Kellner
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Aloisia Kellner, known as Luise, was born in Vienna, the daughter of a post office clerk. She attended elementary school in Vienna and the teacher training college, from which she graduated in 1915. She then began working as a primary school teacher. She also attended a grammar school in Vienna's 18th district, where she graduated in 1924. In 1925, Luise Kellner enrolled in philosophy and art history at the University of Vienna. During this time, she joins the Vereinigung katholisch-deutscher Hochschülerinnen Wien. She wrote her dissertation on "Die Gottesbeweise bei Franz Suarez" and graduated in 1933. She then became a primary school teacher and joined the Christian teachers' union.
She was a staunch opponent of National Socialism. Shortly after the occupation of Austria by the Third Reich, Kellner's colleague Irma Schobel has the middle school student Edith Bauer Luise Kellner teach Aloisia Wottle with the anti-Nazi poem 'Prayer'. Luise Kellner passes it on.
Prayer
Almighty there above the stars, heal Hitler from his megalomania, and make that in not too distant days, Austria can breathe again.
Heal Hitler from his superstition that law and violence are the same thing, and that through terror, murder and robbery, a peaceful brother country can be liberated.
Heal Hitler and let him finally realize that the screamers in Austria, who are running through the streets like blind hordes, are just immature school politicians.
Hail Hitler to the point where he at least realizes that Austria is far from being Prussia, and that despite the swastika flag, it still does not forget its culture.
Hail Hitler and his party comrades, clear their minds, soften their hearts, that the blood of our chancellor has not flowed uselessly for an independent Austria.
Comrade!
If the German salute is obligatory today, do not be put off by it in the future. Because, if you think of this poem, you can greet Heil Hitler with a smile on your face.
Luise Kellner's activities became known and she was arrested by the Gestapo on November 3, 1938 for the crime of sedition.
According to the findings of the state police, her conduct endangers the existence and security of the people and the state by causing unrest among the population through the dissemination of invective and giving rise to the expectation that she will abuse freedom to continue her anti-state behavior.
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In prison, Luise Kellner suffers severe health problems when she falls ill with tuberculous spondylitis (a bone disease of the spine). She was released from prison on March 31, 1939, having already been removed from the teaching profession on March 22, 1939. Until the end of the war, Lusie Kellner had no income and was supported by her sister Maria. But even after her imprisonment, she remained a staunch opponent of National Socialism.
The head of the 6th district, Karl Bittner, wrote in 1947: "I hereby confirm that Dr. Luise Kellner [...], whom I know well, was active in propaganda for a free and independent Austria during the Nazi era, both before and after her imprisonment."
Immediately after the end of the war, Lusie Kellner was rehabilitated and reinstated into the teaching profession. However, the health problems she suffered in prison forced her into early retirement in 1951.
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Archiv der Bildungsdirektion Wien
Universitätsarchiv der Universität Wien
Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstands (DÖW)
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