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Ernst Kirchweger
Ernst Kirchweger (January 12, 1898 – April 2, 1965 in Vienna) was the first person to die as a result of political conflict in Austria's Second Republic.
From 1916 to 1918, Ernst Kirchweger participated in World War I as a sailor in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Afterwards, he fought on the side of the Red Army. Until 1934, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria, but then he joined the Communists, which was outlawed at that time.
Kirchweger
Kirchweger is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Heinrich Kirchweger (1809–1899), German railway engineer
- Kirchweger condenser, a device to preheat feedwater in a steam locomotive using the exhaust steam from the engine
- Ernst Kirchweger (1898–1965), Nazi concentration camp survivor and the first person to die as a result of political conflict in Austria's Second Republic
- Ernst-Kirchweger-Haus, a building in Vienna's 10th district, Favoriten