Ernst Biedermann (politician)

Ernst Biedermann (born February 18, 1902 in Zurich ; † March 13, 1997 there ) was a Swiss teacher and politician on the National Front . From 1933 to 1934 he was their first party leader.

Life

Biedermann was the son of the lithography machine master David Gottlob Biedermann; his mother was Ines Biedermann, née Vonholzen. His father trained him; He then completed commercial training. In 1927, Biedermann graduated from high school and studied natural sciences with a focus on anthropology at the University of Zurich . In 1930 he was a founding member of the National Front and was a member of the leadership. In 1932 Biedermann received his doctorate with a dissertation on the body shape and performance of sixteen-year-old apprentices and middle school students from Zurich and from 1932 worked as a gymnastics and health teacher at the Cantonal Commercial School in Zurich .

In 1933 Biedermann became party leader of the National Front. After internal party disputes, he was expelled from the party in 1934. He was accused of treason after establishing contact with the New Switzerland organization . His successor was Rolf Henne . René Sonderegger , founder of the Swiss National Democratic Union , described Biedermann as a type of youth leader who combined the “idealistic will with the discipline of the responsible teacher”.

Biedermann withdrew from politics after being expelled from the National Front. Until 1967 he worked as a teacher at the Cantonal Commercial School in Zurich. In addition, he was Vice-President of the Swiss Air Rescue Service from 1960 and its President until 1964.

Works

• Body shape and performance of sixteen-year-old apprentices and middle school students from Zurich , Zurich 1932 (dissertation)

Web links

• Walter Wolf: Biedermann, Ernst. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Walter Wolf: Biedermann, Ernst. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .