Karl Gusenleitner

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Karl Gusenleitner (* 1893 in Ottensheim ; † 1980 in Wels ) was an Austrian doctor and mayor of the city of Wels for a short time in 1945 .

Life

Gusenleitner studied medicine in Graz and became a member of the Catholic student union K.Ö.HV Carolina Graz . Later he worked at the gynecological clinic in Wels and made it to the primary doctor.

On May 3, 1945, there was a resistance against the collapsing Nazi rule by a soldiers' committee, which Gusenleitner offered the office of mayor, which he accepted. As a Catholic, he was considered an opponent of the Nazis and was unencumbered, the Americans confirmed him as Mayor of the city on May 4th.

literature

  • Resistance and persecution in Upper Austria, 1934-1945: a documentation . Edited by Brigitte Galanda, Siegwald Ganglmair , Wolfgang Neugebauer , Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance, page 349f
  • Gerhard Hartmann: Proven yesterday, ready today: 100 years of Carolina , published by Maximilian Liebmann on behalf of the former owners of the K.Ö.HV Carolina, Styria Verlag 1988, page 412
personal data
SURNAME Gusenleitner, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian doctor
DATE OF BIRTH 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottensheim
DATE OF DEATH 1980
Place of death catfish