Anton Schäfer (politician)
Anton Schäfer (born August 12, 1868 in Christiansau , † November 24, 1945 in Reichenberg , Bohemia ) was an Austrian and Czech politician , trade unionist and social democrat .
Life and work
As a porcelain painter , Anton Schäfer got to know, among other things, the social democratic movement in Germany on his wanderings and took on various tasks in the growing trade union movement in Bohemia. In 1897 he became chairman of the Union of Austrian Glass and Ceramic Workers in Vienna. In 1899 he became state union secretary. As chairman of the Reichenberg district organization, he also had a significant influence on the trade union movement in Bohemia.
He represented the Bohemian Social Democrats at the Congress of the 2nd International (1912) in Basel.
Until the National Socialist occupation of Bohemia, Anton Schäfer was also director of the general workers', health and benefit fund in Reichenberg.
His special focus was on the education issue of workers and he was also active in the field of workers' education and in child welfare.
MP
Anton Schäfer was a member of the Reichsrat of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy from 1907 to 1917 . From October 21, 1918 to February 16, 1919 he was a member of the Provisional National Assembly for German Austria for the Social Democratic Party .
He then worked with Josef Seliger and other former members of the Reichsrat in the brief German-Bohemian state parliament.
From 1920 to 1936 he was a member of the Czech House of Representatives (Prague Parliament) for the DSAP .
literature
- Peter Glotz : The expulsion. Bohemia as a lesson . Ullstein, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-548-36720-8 .
- Leopold Grünwald (Ed.): Sudetendeutsche. Victim and perpetrator; Violations of the right to self-determination and their consequences 1918–1982 . Junius, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-900370-05-2 .
- B. Unfried: Schäfer, Anton. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 22 f. (Direct links on p. 22 , p. 23 ).
swell
- Sozialistische Mitteilungen, NEWS FOR GERMAN SOCIALISTS IN ENGLAND, Published for the information of Social Democratic refugees from Germany who are opposing dictatorship of any kind, No. 82 - 1946, January, accessed at: http://library.fes.de/fulltext /sozmit/1946-082.htm on June 13, 2011.
- Anton Schäfer: From the history of the North Bohemian labor movement. In: The fight. Volume 3, 1909/10, pp. 84-87.
Web links
- Anton Schäfer on the website of the Austrian Parliament
Individual evidence
- ↑ Now Kristiánov, Bohemia ( Czech Republic )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shepherd, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian and Czech politician, member of the National Council |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Christiansau ( Heřmanice u Frýdlantu ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1945 |
| Place of death | Reichenberg |