Josef Plieseis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Austrian resistance member
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Place of Birth: Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria
About Josef Plieseis
- Josef "Sepp" Plieseis (20 December 1913 - 21 October 1966) was an Austrian resistance fighter against the Nazi regime.
- Plieseis was born in Bad Ischl and became a young member of the Socialist movement.
- He volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War, where he was wounded twice.
- He was arrested in France and incarcerated in concentration camps in Gurs, St.
- Cyprienne, und Argiles before returning to his home in Salzkammergut.
- He was arrested at the border by the Nazi authorities and sent to Linz, then Dachau, and finally to Dachau's annex in Hallein.
- He managed to escape from this camp and hid in the forests and mountains of his native area.
- He helped organize resistance activities based on his experience that persisted until the Nazi surrender and American occupation in 1945.
- After the war, he served in various political appointments in his home area and remained a member of the Communist Party of Austria.
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