Eugene Werkowitsch

Eugene Werkowitsch

Eugen Werkowitsch (born February 2, 1872 in Kleinmünchen near Linz , † December 31, 1945 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian politician ( NSDAP ).

Live and act

After attending elementary school and lower grammar school in Feldkirch as well as the upper grammar school in Linz, which he left with the Matura , Werkowitsch belonged to the field cannon regiment No. 40 in Linz from 1891 to 1892. In 1893 he was appointed lieutenant in the reserve . After a year of trial service and passing the activation test at the artillery cadet school in Vienna , he was made an active lieutenant in the field cannon regiment No. 40 in Linz with effect from January 1, 1894. On May 1, 1897, he was promoted to first lieutenant in the same regiment. In the period from October 1898 to August 1900 Werkowitsch was a frequentant of the military riding instructor institute . In 1901 he was trained at the corps officer school in Innsbruck. In 1903 he was transferred to field cannon regiment No. 34 in Kronstadt in Transylvania . On January 1, 1906, he was "superarbiriert", d. H. retired and retired because of a serious injury sustained in a fall with a remonte .

From 1906 to 1908 Werkowitsch studied law at the University of Vienna . He then worked until January 1, 1933 as a civil servant and department head at various insurance companies.

From August 1914 Werkowitsch took part in the First World War. He was initially assigned to the 6th Fortress Artillery Regiment. He later became the leader of the heavy howitzer battery 18 on the Serbian front (Schabatz, Belgrade, Mostine). In May 1915 he moved with his battery to the Italian theater of war (Gorizia bridgehead). In 1916 he was transferred to the Reserve Field Cannon Regiment 58 in Gorizia and appointed head of department. Werkvowitsch took part in all twelve Isonzo battles. After the twelfth battle he advanced as far as the Piave in pursuit of the Italians. There he took position on the island of Papadoppoli . From August 1918 until the end of the war he worked in the Piavedelta. In November 1918 he resigned his command and returned to his civilian profession.

In February 1923 Werkowitsch joined the NSDAP in Linz. From 1928 to the end of 1929 he was Gauleiter of Vienna. In 1930 he became leader of the SA in Vienna, which was initially organized as a standard and later as a subgroup. In October 1932 Werkowitsch was transferred to the staff of the Austrian group. While the NSDAP was banned in Austria , Werkowitsch was illegally active in various areas, so from the spring of 1935 he worked as the leader of the SA in Austria.

From June 12 to December 1, 1934, Werkowitsch was interned in the Wöllersdorf detention center . From August 20, 1935 to July 23, 1936 he was in custody at District Court 1 in Vienna on suspicion of high treason . After his release on the occasion of the July amnesty in 1936, he became an employee of the state management. In 1937 Werkowitsch was deputy chairman of the Supreme Party Court of Austria.

From April 1938 until the end of the Nazi regime in the spring of 1945, Werkowitsch was a member of the National Socialist Reichstag for Austria . In the SA he was promoted to group leader.

literature

• Erich Stockhorst: 5000 people. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 (unchanged reprint of the first edition from 1967).

Web links

• Eugen Werkowitsch in the database of the members of the Reichstag