Franz Weber (politician, 1920)

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Franz Weber (born December 15, 1920 in Oberperfuss ( Tyrol ); † November 5, 2001 in Hall in Tyrol ) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ).

Life

After elementary school, Franz Weber was a student at the Paulinum Episcopal High School in Schwaz , where he graduated in 1938 . After two years of high school, Weber began studying law at the University of Innsbruck . The year of his doctorate is not known.

During the Second World War , Weber also had to do military service. He was assigned to the 133rd Infantry Regiment of the 45th Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht , which was stationed in Poland at the time and was preparing for battles with the Soviet Union. There he experienced the incredible cruelty towards the Jews at close range. Until the summer of 1944, the unit in which Weber served had remained relatively unaffected by the NSDAP . However, this changed drastically after the attempted assassination of Hitler . Until then, Weber felt committed to his unity. At the end of 1944, Weber's unit was relocated to Italy, where he had the opportunity to join the Americans. The desertion was a big step for him. When he realized his complicity in the serious crimes of the National Socialists, he willingly took on risky tasks.

He was a spy for the OSS of Operation Greenup allocated. Together with Fred Mayer and Hans Wijnberg , two Jews who emigrated to the USA, he jumped over the Tyrolean mountains with a parachute on February 26, 1945 and made his way with them to his home village. Supported by his family and the family of his fiancée Anni Niederkircher, the three spies set up a cell, which mainly transmitted information about the train movements over the Brenner (Wehrmacht supplies for the Italian front) and the alleged Alpine fortress to the American headquarters in Bari .

From 1945 to 1946 he briefly took over the Federal Police Directorate in Innsbruck ; but he felt that he was in better hands in politics . In 1946 Weber found work as a secretary at the Tyrolean Farmers' Union , which is now part of the ÖVP. As early as 1947 he became the state secretary of the farmers' union and in 1953 head of the Tyrolean Chamber of Labor.

His political career began in 1949 when he entered the Tyrolean state parliament as a member of the ÖVP . In May 1954 Weber was sworn in as a member of the Federal Council in Vienna ; from May 26 to June 20, 1954, Weber served as President of the Federal Council .

In May 1958 Weber moved from the Federal Council to the National Council , in which he held a mandate until June 1959, just under a year. He last sat again in the Federal Council from June 1959 to May 1961.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerald Schwaab: OSS Agents in Hitler's Heartland: Destination Innsbruck. P. 23.
  2. ↑ “We wanted to kill Nazis!” How a little-known resistance hero from Tyrol helped to save Innsbruck from destruction in 1945. on zeit.de from January 2nd, 2014
    “Inglourious Basterds” and the liberated Tyrol. orf.at of May 3, 2020
predecessor Office successor
Anton Brugger President of the Austrian Federal Council
May 27, 1954 - June 30, 1954 		Adolf Birds
personal data
SURNAME Weber, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament, member of the National Council, member of the Federal Council
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberperfuss , Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH November 5, 2001
Place of death Hall in Tirol