Resi Pesendorfer
Austrian political activist (1902–1989)
Resi Pesendorfer (born Theresia Laimer: 21 June 1902 - 31 October 1989) was an Austrian political activist, close during the 1920s to the Social Democrats. With the abolition of democracy during 1933/34 she became a resistance activist opposing Austrofascism and after 1938, opposing Pan-German National Socialism. She organised a highly effective network of women in the Salzkammergut region, taking a lead in the concealment of increasing numbers of army deserters and others with political records which made them targets for the security services.
Life
Provenance and early years
Theresia "Resi" Laimer was born in Bad Ischl, a small town in the mountains east of Salzburg which for centuries had prospered as a centre of salt production. She was one of six siblings. Michael Laimer, her father worked in the salt mines. Her mother, born Barbara Wimmer, died when she was ten. As soon as she left school Theresia took farm work in the area in order to be able to contribute to feeding the family. She later found work with a jeweller's business. Subsequently she was employed for a princess in Schwarzenbach, for whom she worked as a chambermaid.
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