Anton Gostner

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Anton Gostner (born January 21, 1920 in St. Andrä near Brixen ; † January 7, 1962 in Bolzano ) was a member of the South Tyrol Liberation Committee .

Life

Gostner was involved in the bomb attacks on electricity pylons in South Tyrol and was arrested by the Carabinieri . During his arrest, the father of five children with a heart condition was tortured by the Carabinieri in the barracks in Brixen and Eppan . So his head was held over a container of caustic acid. He was also subjected to physical violence from being beaten. Gostner suffered a heart attack on January 7, 1962 in Bozen prison. The fellow prisoners, including the Ulten community doctor Josef Sullmann , demanded the necessary medication and hospitalization. This demand was not followed; the 42-year-old died. The incident caused a stir both in South Tyrol and internationally. The executive denied all allegations.

An autopsy was carried out on January 10, 1962 in the Bolzano hospital.

Seven days after his death, the South Tyrolean prisoners started a hunger strike in Bolzano and Trento and demanded the establishment of an international commission of inquiry . The South Tyrolean MPs also made this request, but it was not complied with. As a result, some prisoners were transferred to Verona and Vicenza .

literature

  • Elisabeth Baumgartner, Hans Mayr and Gerhard Mumelter: Fire night. South Tyrol's bomb years. Edition Raetia, 1992, ISBN 8872830109

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Eduard Widmoser: Südtirol AZ: G-Ko , p. 99 Online
  2. ↑ Peter Kienesberger, Alois M. Euler: They called us terrorists. Südtirol-Informations-Zentrum, Vienna 1971, p. 112 online
  3. ↑ Sepp Mitterhofer, Günther Obwegs: - there was no other way: eyewitness reports and documents from the South Tyrolean struggle for freedom online
  4. ↑ Christian Dejori: Terrorism and the South Tyrol question , ISBN 978-3640737109 , page 18 Online
  5. ↑ Rolf Steininger : South Tyrol in the 20th century: from the life and survival of a minority, Volume 1 , p. 493 online
  6. ^ Rolf Steininger: Südtirol 1918-1999 , Studienverlag, 1999, online
personal data
SURNAME Gostner, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian activist from South Tyrol, member of the South Tyrol Liberation Committee
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Andrä near Brixen
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1962
Place of death Bolzano