Ferdinand Riefler

Ferdinand Riefler (born December 4, 1897 in Vienna , † May 18, 1975 in Hollabrunn ) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ) and postal worker. Riefler was a member of the Lower Austrian state parliament from 1945 to 1949 .

Riefler worked professionally as a post office clerk and editor-in-chief of the popular press . He was imprisoned for two years during the rule of the National Socialists and then received a "Gauverbot" in Vienna. He then moved to his wife Obritz's home community and had to do his military service. After the Second World War, Riefler was sworn in as a member of the Lower Austrian state parliament on December 12, 1945, but was abducted by the Soviet occupying forces on August 28, 1946 and sentenced to four years in a labor camp. He was brought to the Soviet Union and returned after six years on July 27, 1952. As reasons for his arrest, Riefler gave his speeches and the seizure of a book with the title “The German Peasants' War” from his possession after his return, whereby he processed his experiences in the autobiographical work “Verschleppt - Verbansch - Unvergessen”. Riefler's mandate was kept free until the end of the legislative period on November 5, 1949.

literature

• Lower Austria Landtag Directorate (ed.): Biographical manual of the Lower Austrian Landtag and the Lower Austrian provincial government 1921–2000 (= Lower Austria publications. Volume 128). Lower Austria Landtag Directorate , St. Pölten 2000, ISBN 3-85006-127-2 .

Web links

• Ferdinand Riefler on the website of the Lower Austria state parliament