Karl Klemenz

Karl Johann Klemenz (born December 27, 1899 in Mariánské Hory , Czech Republic , † September 10, 1971 in Vienna ; full name: Karl Johann Klemenz ) was an Austrian judge and politician ( VdU ).

Life

Karl Klemenz grew up in Ostrava , where he also attended elementary school. He then went to high school, first in Opava and later in Leoben in Styria . Klemenz studied law at the University of Vienna . After receiving his doctorate , he became a judge in 1930. In 1935 he became a civil servant in the Federal Ministry of Justice . In 1936 he was demoted to the position of public prosecutor , probably also because he had a positive attitude towards National Socialism . Nevertheless, he was appointed Ministerial Secretary in 1937 and a senior councilor in 1938 .

After the annexation of Austria , Klemenz became a civil servant in the Reich Ministry of Justice in Berlin in 1939 . He was there until 1942. Then he became court director of the regional court in Salzburg . Karl Klemenz, as chairman of the special court, is demonstrably responsible for nine death sentences. In the course of denazification he was interned from 1945 to 1946 in Camp Marcus W. Orr , the internment camp for Nazi criminals in Elsbethen , now known as the Glasenbach detention center .

In 1947 Klemenz became chairman of the senate at the Leoben district court . It was also the Landtag of Styria that sent Klemenz as a member of the Federal Council in November 1949 . Klemenz was a member of the provincial chamber until April 1953. At the same time he was one of the founding members of the VdU in Leoben.

Klemenz was buried in the cemetery of the Simmering fire hall (Department 1, Ring 2, Group 1, Number 15).

Web links

• Karl Klemenz on the website of the Austrian Parliament

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johannes Hofinger: National Socialism in Salzburg: Victims. Perpetrator. Opponent. StudienVerlag, Innsbruck 2016, p. 211. f.