Franz West (politician)

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Franz West (born December 24, 1909 in Magdeburg , † 1984 in Vienna ), actually Franz Weintraub, was an Austrian politician and publicist.

Franz West was active in his youth in the Association of Socialist Middle School Students and as a law student in the Association of Socialist Students in Austria . In 1933 he joined the KPÖ and in 1938 fled to England via Czechoslovakia . From 1941 he was president of the Free Austrian Movement there . After his return to Austria in 1945 he became a member of the Politburo of the KPÖ and from 1965 editor-in-chief of the KPÖ newspaper Volksstimme . In 1969 he distanced himself from the KPÖ and turned to Eurocommunism and the participation in the “ Wiener Tagebuch ”. He worked for the documentation archive of the Austrian resistance .

literature

  • Siglinde Bolbecher (Ed.): Narrated history: Reports from resistance fighters and persecuted , Ed. Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance, Vol. 1: Workers' Movement, Vienna: Österreichischer Bundesverlag (among others) 1985 ISBN 3-215-05776-X ISBN 3-215- 05777-8 (pp. 39–47, 86–7, 186–190, 357)

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personal data
SURNAME West, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weintraub, Franz (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian anti-fascist
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH 1984
Place of death Vienna