Franz West (politician)
Franz West (born December 24, 1909 in Magdeburg , † 1984 in Vienna ), actually Franz Weintraub, was an Austrian politician and publicist.
Franz West was active in his youth in the Association of Socialist Middle School Students and as a law student in the Association of Socialist Students in Austria . In 1933 he joined the KPÖ and in 1938 fled to England via Czechoslovakia . From 1941 he was president of the Free Austrian Movement there . After his return to Austria in 1945 he became a member of the Politburo of the KPÖ and from 1965 editor-in-chief of the KPÖ newspaper Volksstimme . In 1969 he distanced himself from the KPÖ and turned to Eurocommunism and the participation in the “ Wiener Tagebuch ”. He worked for the documentation archive of the Austrian resistance .
literature
- Siglinde Bolbecher (Ed.): Narrated history: Reports from resistance fighters and persecuted , Ed. Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance, Vol. 1: Workers' Movement, Vienna: Österreichischer Bundesverlag (among others) 1985 ISBN 3-215-05776-X ISBN 3-215- 05777-8 (pp. 39–47, 86–7, 186–190, 357)
Web links
- http://doewweb01.doew.at/frames.php?/service/archiv/eg/west1.html
- http://www.ruthbeckermann.com/films/returntovienna/txt.php?lang=de
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SURNAME | West, Franz |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weintraub, Franz (birth name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian anti-fascist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1909 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
DATE OF DEATH | 1984 |
Place of death | Vienna |