Klotz, Georg#
Klotz, Georg, b. Walten in Passeier (South Tyrol), Sept. 11, 1919, d. Schoenberg im Stubaital (Tyrol), Jan. 24, 1976, South Tyrolean activist. Participated in illegal campaigns for the "liberation" of South Tyrol in Sept. 1964 although he was theoretically not allowed to leave Vienna. Wounded on Sept. 6/7, 1964 near Saltaus (South Tyrol) by Italian secret agents, fled to Austria. In the 1970s worked as a lumber-man and charcoal burner in the Stubai Valley.
Literature#
K. Springenschmid, Der Joerg. Aus dem Leben des S-Ti. Freiheitskaempfers G. K., 1980; E. Widmoser, S-Ti. A- Z, vol. 2, 1983.