Franc Petek

Franc Petek (born March 3, 1885 in Altendorf, municipality of Sittersdorf ; † August 9, 1965 in Klagenfurt ) was an Austrian politician ( party of the Carinthian Slovenes ), doctor and member of the Carinthian state parliament .

biography

Petek studied medicine and graduated from the University of Vienna in 1911 . He then worked at the regional hospital in Klagenfurt and in the summer of 1913 he started his own business as a general practitioner in Völkermarkt . After the end of the First World War he became a member of the “Narodni svet za Koroška” (People's Council for Carinthia) and subsequently became one of the most important politicians of the Carinthian Slovenes . He was liberal-oriented and was involved as the editor of the weekly newspaper "Koroški Slovenec" (Carinthian Slovene), was chairman of the "Politično in gospodarsko društvo za Slovence na Koroškem" (Political and Economic Association for the Slovenes in Carinthia), chairman of the "Slovenska šolsko društvo ”(Slovenian School Association), board member of the“ Zveza slovenskih zadrug v Celovcu ”(Association of Slovenian Cooperatives in Klagenfurt) and representative of the Carinthian Slovenes in the European Nationality Congress . He also represented the party of the Carinthian Slovenes between November 6, 1923 and October 3, 1934 in the Carinthian state parliament. Petek represented the liberal wing within the ethnic group, but his influence against the Catholic-conservative wing decreased over time, so he could not prevent the renunciation of his own Slovenian candidacy in favor of the Christian Socials in the National Council elections in 1930 .

After the dissolution of the Carinthian Landtag in 1934, Petek was temporarily no longer involved in the political arena, but after the "Anschluss" in 1938 he signed an appeal to the Carinthian Slovenes to "Yes" in the referendum on the Anschluss due to the "unchangeable circumstances" be right. Nevertheless, Petek was arrested on April 6, 1941, the day Hitler's Germany invaded Yugoslavia . As a result, the medical association withdrew his authorization to run his medical practice in Sankt Veit an der Glan , whereupon he made his way as an auxiliary doctor . In 1942 he came into contact with the “Liberation Front of the Slovenian People” (OF).

On May 16, 1945, Petek took over the chairmanship of the "Provincial People's Liberation Committee for Slovenian Carinthia" in a meeting of around 500 people, which was supposed to represent a counter-government to the provisional provincial government of Carinthia under Hans Piesch . However, the committee was unable to influence what happened because it was not accepted and dissolved by the British occupying forces. However, after the Yugoslav troops withdrew from Carinthia at the end of May, the British allowed Petek to contact the Senior Military Government Officer at any time about the Slovenian minority.

On September 21, 1945 Petek was named as a member of the executive committee of the newly founded Osvobodilna Fronta za Slovensko Koroško (Liberation Front for Slovenian Carinthia). According to British observations, Petek and others did not adhere to the requirement not to question the borders of Austria. After the moderate Josef Tischler was removed as chairman of the party on November 6th, Petek became party chairman. Since Petek did not accept the terms of the British, the party was not admitted to the national council and state elections and was no longer allowed to appear as a party. In 1949 Petek was elected president of the national leadership at the national conference of the OF, but the OF still not recognized as a party.

Petek was also a founding member of the “Zveza slovenskih organizacij na Koroškem” ( Central Association of Slovenian Organizations in Carinthia ).

literature

Stefan Karner , Andreas Moritsch (ed.): Resettlement - Deportation - National Struggle (= Carinthia and the national question. Vol. 1). Heyn et al., Klagenfurt et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7084-0014-3 , p. 311.

Individual evidence

↑ Hellwig Valentin : The special case. Carinthian contemporary history 1918–2004. Hermagoras / Mohorjeva, Klagenfurt et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7086-0108-4 , pp. 38, 41.
↑ Gabriela Stieber: The British as an occupying power in Carinthia 1945–1955 (= Das Kärntner Landesarchiv. 31). Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchiv, Klagenfurt 2005, ISBN 3-900531-57-9 , pp. 65, 308; Hellwig Valentin: The special case. Carinthian contemporary history 1918–2004. Hermagoras / Mohorjeva, Klagenfurt et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7086-0108-4 , p. 149.
↑ Gabriela Stieber: The British as an occupying power in Carinthia 1945–1955 (= Das Kärntner Landesarchiv. 31). Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchiv, Klagenfurt 2005, ISBN 3-900531-57-9 , p. 73.
↑ Gabriela Stieber: The British as an occupying power in Carinthia 1945–1955 (= Das Kärntner Landesarchiv. 31). Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchiv, Klagenfurt 2005, ISBN 3-900531-57-9 , pp. 295-318.

personal data
SURNAME	Petek, Franc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Petek, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian politician (KSS), member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH	March 3, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH	Altendorf, municipality of Sittersdorf
DATE OF DEATH	August 9, 1965
Place of death	Klagenfurt

[1] Hellwig Valentin : The special case. Carinthian contemporary history 1918–2004. Hermagoras / Mohorjeva, Klagenfurt et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7086-0108-4 , pp. 38, 41.

[2] Gabriela Stieber: The British as an occupying power in Carinthia 1945–1955 (= Das Kärntner Landesarchiv. 31). Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchiv, Klagenfurt 2005, ISBN 3-900531-57-9 , pp. 65, 308; Hellwig Valentin: The special case. Carinthian contemporary history 1918–2004. Hermagoras / Mohorjeva, Klagenfurt et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7086-0108-4 , p. 149.

[3] Gabriela Stieber: The British as an occupying power in Carinthia 1945–1955 (= Das Kärntner Landesarchiv. 31). Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchiv, Klagenfurt 2005, ISBN 3-900531-57-9 , p. 73.

[4] Gabriela Stieber: The British as an occupying power in Carinthia 1945–1955 (= Das Kärntner Landesarchiv. 31). Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchiv, Klagenfurt 2005, ISBN 3-900531-57-9 , pp. 295-318.