Fritz Klenner
Fritz Klenner (born August 13, 1906 in Vienna ; † December 29, 1997 ibid) was an Austrian author, banker, trade unionist, politician and long-time member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria ( SPÖ ) to the Austrian National Council .
Career
After attending four classes of lower secondary school, Klenner became a bank employee (1921–1927) and board member as educational officer and editor of the Association of Bank and Savings Bank Assistants (1924–1934), then an employee of the Zentralsparkasse (1927–1945), where he was a works council or shop steward ( 1928–1938) was. He was a member of the illegal leadership of the free white-collar union (1934-1938) and chairman of the socialist youth workers in Vienna / Josefstadt (Vienna) (1927-1931). During the Second World War he served in the German Wehrmacht in Norway and France . After the war he became an employee of the ÖGB, press officer and editor of the central trade union press (1945-1947), publishing director of the publishing house of the ÖGB and the affiliated companies (1947), deputy general secretary of the ÖGB and member of the board of the International Federation of Free Trade Unions, member of the European Regional Organization (ERO), member of the SPÖ party representation (1957). He was a lecturer in trade union history at the Social Academy of the Chamber for Workers and Employees for Vienna (1956–1968), General Director of BAWAG (1963–1972) and finally Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BAWAG (1972–1981). Klenner was a member of the National Council (VIII - IX GP) for the SPÖ from February 12, 1958 to November 3, 1961. He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .
Works (selection)
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The great discomfort ; Europa-Verlag, Vienna 1960
- The great discomfort ; Book guild Gutenberg, Frankfurt a. M. 1962
- Rethinking is necessary! ; Europaverlag, Vienna 1966
- Socialism in a dead end? ; Europaverlag, Vienna 1974
- The Austrian trade unions ; Verlag des Österr. Trade Union Federation, Vienna 1974, 6th, revised. u. exp. Ed.
- Economy and politics ; Europaverlag, Vienna 1976
- Food for thought for survival ; Europaverlag, Vienna 1976
- A renaissance of Central Europe ; Europaverlag, Vienna 1978
- 35 years of the Austrian Trade Union Federation ; ÖGB, Department for Education and Work Science, Vienna 1980
- Ninety Years of Struggle ; Austrian Union federation, metal, mining and energy union, Vienna 1980
- Hundred years of Austrian trade union movement ; Verl. Of the Austrian Trade Union Federation, Vienna 1981
- The plight of latent discomfort ; Europaverlag, Vienna 1981
- Escape to defeat ; Europaverlag, Vienna 1984, 2nd, additional edition ISBN 3-203-50887-7
- The Austrian trade union movement ; ÖGB-Verl., Vienna 1999, 2nd, edit. and updated ed.
Honors
- In 1959 Fritz Klenner was awarded the professional title of Professor .
- In 1966 he was made an honorary citizen of the University of Vienna .
- Holder of the Johann Böhm badge
- Winner of the Karl Ausch Prize for Business Journalism
literature
- Fritz Klenner , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 11/1998 from March 2, 1998, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Fritz Klenner on the website of the Austrian Parliament
- Literature by and about Fritz Klenner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Fritz Klenner. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of honorary citizens of the University of Vienna (requested on December 18, 2009)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klenner, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klenner, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian politician (SPÖ), member of the National Council |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1997 |
| Place of death | Vienna |