Anton Proksch

Vienna Central Cemetery - Anton Proksch's grave of honor

Anton Proksch (born April 21, 1897 in Vienna ; † April 29, 1975 there ) was an Austrian trade unionist and politician ( SPÖ ).

Live and act

After elementary school, Anton Proksch attended community school and then did an apprenticeship as a typesetter .

In 1919 he became an employee of the Austrian Trade Union Commission. In 1924 he became secretary of the youth department of the Federation of Free Trade Unions . In 1935 he was arrested for allegedly preparing for high treason and sentenced to prison at the socialist trial. From 1936 and during the National Socialist rule, Proksch was again active in the profession he had learned.

Immediately after the end of the war, he was again union and politically active. In 1945 he was secretary of the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions and a year later he was promoted to general secretary of the organization. From 1945 to 1966 he was a member of the National Council of the SPÖ and between 1956 and 1966 Federal Minister for Social Administration .

The Anton Proksch Institute in Vienna, a therapy center for alcohol and drug addicts, was founded in 1956 and named after him after his death. In 1982 a residential complex in Grinzing in Anton Proksch-Hof , in 1963 the Anton-Proksch-Haus on the Ladenbergalm and the Anton-Proksch hiking hostel of the Wiener Kinderfreunde on the Hohe Wand were named after him.

His grave of honor is in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 14 C, number 33). In 1977 he was posthumously awarded the Badge of Honor for Services to the Liberation of Austria .

Individual evidence

^ Anton Proksch hiking hostel of the Wiener Kinderfreunde , accessed on October 6, 2017
↑ Thanks to resistance fighters. In: The New Reminder Call . Volume 30, No. 6 June 1977 (online at ANNO ).

Web links

Anton Proksch on the website of the Austrian Parliament
Anton Proksch. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
Voting portrait: National Council speech by Anton Proksch from the online archive of the Austrian Media Library

personal data
SURNAME	Proksch, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian trade unionist and politician (SPÖ), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH	April 21, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	April 29, 1975
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Anton Proksch hiking hostel of the Wiener Kinderfreunde , accessed on October 6, 2017

[2] Thanks to resistance fighters. In: The New Reminder Call . Volume 30, No. 6 June 1977 (online at ANNO ).