Felix Imre

Memorial plaque in Pottenstein

Felix Imre (born on November 19, 1917 in Pottenstein ; died on November 2, 1943 in Vienna ) was an Austrian tailor's assistant and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime . He was sentenced to death by the Nazi judiciary and executed in the Vienna Regional Court .

life and work

Before 1938 Imre belonged to the NSDAP and SA . He took part as a soldier in the Second World War and was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class in the western campaign . In 1941 he joined - together with Elfriede Hartmann , Friedrich Mastny , Franz Reingruber a . a. - the KJVÖ group of the soldiers' council and produced illegal newspapers, leaflets and communist leaflets on a self-made puller. He also took part in letter campaigns for soldiers from the front. He was arrested on April 13, 1942 and severely tortured by the Gestapo . On September 24, 1943, Imre was sentenced to death by the People's Court for “preparing to commit high treason ” and “ favoring the enemy ” .

The execution by guillotine took place five weeks after the hearing.

Commemoration

Imre's name can be found on the plaque in the former execution room of the Vienna Regional Court . He is buried in the shaft graves of group 40 (row 26 / grave 190) of the Vienna Central Cemetery . In the Josef-Stockinger-Park in Pottenstein a memorial stone has been commemorating him since October 1988.

literature

Willi Weinert: "You can put me out, but not the fire": Wiener Zentralfriedhof - Group 40. A guide through the grove of honor for the executed resistance fighters . 2nd Edition. Alfred Klahr Society, Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3-9501986-0-7 , p. 80; P. 153 .

Web links

Identification card index of the Gestapo Vienna , prepared by the DÖW , accessed on February 10, 2015

proof

^ Postwar Justice , accessed February 10, 2015
↑ Felix Imre in the search for the deceased at friedhoefewien.at
↑ Heinz Arnberger u. Claudia Kuretsidis-Haider (ed.): Commemoration and dunning in Lower Austria. Reminder signs of resistance, persecution, exile and liberation . Mandelbaum Verlag, Vienna 2011, p. 227 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Imre, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian tailor's assistant and resistance fighter against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH	November 19, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pottenstein (Lower Austria)
DATE OF DEATH	November 2, 1943
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Postwar Justice , accessed February 10, 2015

[2] Felix Imre in the search for the deceased at friedhoefewien.at

[3] Heinz Arnberger u. Claudia Kuretsidis-Haider (ed.): Commemoration and dunning in Lower Austria. Reminder signs of resistance, persecution, exile and liberation . Mandelbaum Verlag, Vienna 2011, p. 227 f.