Ludwig Bernegger

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Ludwig Bernegger (born December 30, 1903 , † March 15, 1938 in Linz ) was the police superintendent of the Linz Police Department. After Josef Schmirl, he was the second Austrian to be murdered by the SS after the annexation of Austria .

Life

Ludwig Bernegger was born as the son of the Chief Financial Officer Felix Bernegger. The family lived in Ried im Innkreis . As a student at the Ried grammar school, he showed outstanding achievements (almost all of them rated “very good”). During his high school he joined the Catholic school association K.Ö.St.V. Rugia Ried (later in the MKV ). As of July 1917, on the basis of a decree by the Ministry of Finance, he received a scholarship that also exempted him from paying school fees . In 1923 he passed the school leaving examination "with distinction".

During his law studies at the University of Vienna , he became a member of the Catholic student association K.Ö.St.V. Kürnberg zu Vienna (today in the ÖCV ). After obtaining his doctorate in law , he entered the service of the Federal Police Directorate in Linz . He was later chief police commissioner of the Federal Police Directorate Linz, head of the Garsten prison and state police officer for NSDAP affairs in Austria. Because of his persecution of the National Socialists , he incurred their hatred.

On March 13, 1938 at 3 a.m. he was taken from his apartment in Linz by SA and SS men and brutally beaten. A piece of his scalp with a tuft of hair was later found, and a trail of blood and abrasion went down several streets. He was then taken to a prison cell at the Linz Police Department in a detention vehicle . A cell neighbor reported that he was still beaten there. When and where he was murdered is not known. After the Second World War, preliminary investigations into this matter were initiated against Heinz Weidner, SS-Standartenführer in Vienna, Karl Eberhardt, Alfred Neuwirth and Leopold Mitterbauer . His wife was given an urn containing his ashes.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hannes Koch: Gott protect Austria , in: Gottfried Gansinger (ed.) Past, Present, Future. The history of National Socialism in Ried im Innkreis as reflected in contemporary historical activities (2002-2013) . Self-published, Ried im Innkreis 2014, pp. 23–26.
  2. ^ Upper Austrian regional archive, special courts Linz, VgVr 1947, Zl 2377-2392, box no.246.

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SURNAME Bernegger, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian police officer and Nazi victim
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1903
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1938
Place of death Linz