Edwin Schuster
Edwin Schuster (born December 29, 1888 in Vienna , † August 21, 1942 in Mauthausen concentration camp ) was an Austrian politician ( SDAP ) and resistance fighter .
Schuster worked professionally as a railway worker and from 1919 worked for the Franz-Josefs-Bahn . He joined the Social Democratic Workers' Party in 1912 and was also involved in the trade union and in the SDAP-Döbling, where he held the position of chairman of the teaching organization. After the Social Democratic Party was banned, Schuster was active in the resistance against Austrofascism and National Socialism , whereupon he was arrested in February 1942 for “communist activities”. After a few months he was deported to the Mauthausen concentration camp, where he died that same summer under circumstances that had never been clarified. In 1989 a community building in Vienna-Döbling in Edwin-Schuster-Hof was named in his honor.
Web links
- Edwin Schuster. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
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| SURNAME | Schuster, Edwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian politician and resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1942 |
| Place of death | Mauthausen concentration camp |