Franz Kummer

Franz Kummer (born April 2, 1910 in Dietersdorf am Gnasbach , † February 23, 2000 in Rome ) was an Austrian politician ( Bauernbund , ÖVP , DU ) and farmer. From 1945 to 1949 he was a member of the Austrian National Council .

Kummer grew up in a rural, conservative and religious family. In his early years he was a member of the most important Catholic youth organization of the First Republic , the Reich Federation of Catholic German Youth in Austria . He attended a six-class elementary school and an agricultural training school. Franz Kummer worked as a farmer. From 1928 to 1938 he was a member of the Catholic and Styrian Farmers' Association. He was also a member of the Styrian Homeland Security , but after the latter grew closer and closer to the National Socialists , he left this military association in 1933 and instead joined the storm troops .

In 1939 Kummer fled to France , where he wanted to join an allegedly existing "Austrian Legion" to fight against Hitler . However, this unit did not exist and until the beginning of 1941 he was interned in various detention camps for foreigners, including in Vernet d'Ariège .

When the Wehrmacht occupied southern France in November 1942 , Kummer fled to Switzerland , where he was interned again or obliged to work in agriculture. Kummer received forged papers from the British secret service SOE through Father Wilhelm Schmidt . With these he returned to Austria in 1944, where he worked as a member of the resistance group "Patria".

He represented the Austrian People's Party between December 19, 1945 and November 8, 1949 in the National Council. He then got involved with the Democratic Union.

In 1960 Franz Kummer became mayor of his home town and remained so into old age. After the war he was also appointed to the economic council.

Web links

Franz Kummer on the website of the Austrian Parliament

Individual evidence

^ Matricula Online - Straden, Taufbuch 19, 1910–, page 8, entry no. 61, 5th line
^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Peter Pirker : Subversion of German rule: The British war secret service SOE and Austria . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-89971-990-1 , p. 245 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
^ ^A ^b Peter Rohrbacher: Father Wilhelm Schmidt in exile in Switzerland: Interactions with armed forces deserters and intelligence services, 1943–1945 . In: Karl-Heinz Kohl (Ed.): Paideuma. Communications on cultural studies . tape 62 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-17-030971-5 , pp. 210 ff . ( Chapter online at Academia.edu ).
^ Peter Autengruber : Small parties in Austria 1945 to 1966 . Studien Verlag, Innsbruck / Vienna / Bozen 1997, ISBN 978-3-7065-1172-8 , p. 129 .
^ Peter Pirker: Subversion of German Rule: The British War Intelligence Service SOE and Austria . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-89971-990-1 , p. 525 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Grief, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian farmer and politician, member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH	April 2, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dietersdorf am Gnasbach
DATE OF DEATH	February 23, 2000
Place of death	Rome

[1] Matricula Online - Straden, Taufbuch 19, 1910–, page 8, entry no. 61, 5th line

[Pirker-2] A ^b ^c ^d Peter Pirker : Subversion of German rule: The British war secret service SOE and Austria . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-89971-990-1 , p. 245 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[Rohrbacher-3] A ^b Peter Rohrbacher: Father Wilhelm Schmidt in exile in Switzerland: Interactions with armed forces deserters and intelligence services, 1943–1945 . In: Karl-Heinz Kohl (Ed.): Paideuma. Communications on cultural studies . tape 62 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-17-030971-5 , pp. 210 ff . ( Chapter online at Academia.edu ).

[4] Peter Autengruber : Small parties in Austria 1945 to 1966 . Studien Verlag, Innsbruck / Vienna / Bozen 1997, ISBN 978-3-7065-1172-8 , p. 129 .

[5] Peter Pirker: Subversion of German Rule: The British War Intelligence Service SOE and Austria . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-89971-990-1 , p. 525 ( limited preview in Google Book search).