Berta Pichl

Berta Pichl (born September 1, 1890 in Aš , Bohemia , today the Czech Republic ; † February 2, 1966 in Vienna ) was an Austrian politician ( CSP ) and teacher .

Life

After attending the elementary and community school , Berta Pichl attended a teacher training institute in Cheb . For a short time she taught as a teacher at the elementary school in Osek and at a girls' school in Bílina . Subsequently, around 1910, she came to Vienna, where she studied pedagogy at the University of Vienna . After receiving her doctorate in 1915, she worked as a teacher in Vienna from 1917. In 1923 she became director of the Social Women's School in Vienna, a position she initially held until 1937.

In December 1920 Berta Pichl moved to the Federal Council as a member of the CSP , to which she was to belong for around 14 years until May 1934. Berta Pichl was one of the few speakers at party conferences in her group. Politically, she was one of the early supporters of the opinion that women should also be employed. On the other hand, it was also part of the German national camp of the CSP. In 1919 she spoke out against the separation of Bohemia and Moravia from Austria, explicitly promoted German artists and in 1921 called for Arthur Schnitzler's round dance not to be shown, mainly because of Schnitzler's Jewish descent.

During the Nazi era, she was recorded by the Secret State Police in August 1944 for reasons not known in detail .

In 1945 she was again director of the women's social school; it remained so until 1957.

Web links

• Berta Pichl on the website of the Austrian Parliament
• Gestapo index card at doew.at