Alois Buttinger
Alois Buttinger (from 1950 first name Louis) (born September 11, 1909 in Reichersbeuern , Bavaria , Germany ; † August 24, 1996 in Poughkeepsie , New York , USA ) was an Austrian, an official of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and an advisory member of the London office the diplomatic mission of the Austrian socialists abroad .
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Before 1934 Buttinger headed the Sonnenhof Lind Children's Center in Villach . After the SDAP was banned, he fled to England in 1934, but soon returned. In 1938 he fled again to London , where he became involved in the refugee aid program and in 1941 became an advisory member in the London office of the Austrian Socialist Mission abroad (AVOES). In 1941 he was able to travel to the USA with his wife Friedl; his brother Joseph Buttinger had obtained the appropriate visa . As chairman of the AVOES and the Revolutionary Socialists (RS), Joseph and his wife Muriel Gardiner Buttinger, who was born in the USA, came to the USA at the beginning of 1940. In the USA, Alois Buttinger was no longer politically active, but founded Camp Hillcroft in 1950 as Louis Buttinger, a holiday camp for children that is still run by his family today.
literature
- Wolfgang Muchitsch, Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance: Austrians in Exile: Great Britain, 1938–1945: a documentation. Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna, 1992, ISBN 3-216-30036-6 , p. 187.
Web links
- Obituary for Louis Buttinger on fultonhistory.com (English; PDF; 951 kB).
Individual evidence
- ↑ About Our Camp. Hillcroft Day Camp. 2019, accessed on May 29, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buttinger, Alois |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Buttinger, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian functionary of the Social Democratic Workers' Party |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reichersbeuern , Bavaria , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1996 |
| Place of death | Poughkeepsie , New York , USA |