Scholz, Roman Karl#
b. Šumperk, Czech Republic (then Maehrisch-Schoenberg), Jan. 16, 1912, d. Vienna, May 10, 1944, Augustinian canon in Klosterneuburg, 1939 professor of theology and Christian philosophy at the Abbey School; directed an Austrian liberation movement in 1938-1940, was betrayed in 1940, arrested, sentenced to death for preparations for high treason and executed in the Vienna Provincial Court (Landesgericht). His last words were: "For Christ and Austria".
Works#
Poems: Ferne feine Dinge, 1935. - Prose: Goneril, 1947 (written during imprisonment). - Dramas: Zu spaet; Maenner (both written in prison).Literature#
R. Koch et al. (eds.), Das Geheimnis der Erloesung heisst Erinnerung, 1990; R. K. S., Ich werde immer bei euch sein. Verse, mit einem Beitrag von F. Roehrig und einem Geleitwort von G. Huber-Gergasevics, 1994; OeBL.