Günter Rehak

Günter Rehak (born September 2, 1939 in Vienna ) is a former socialist, now right-wing extremist Austrian politician , author and former ministerial official . He is chairman of the National People's Party (NVP).

Life

Rehak studied technical physics . In 1958 he joined the SPÖ, was national chairman of the VSStÖ in 1966/67 and later a member of the Association of Socialist Academics (BSA). During his time as Federal Chancellor, he was a close collaborator of Bruno Kreisky . In 1981 he left the BSA and turned to the United Greens of Austria , the more conservative of the two predecessor organizations of today's Greens .

In the course of the letter bomb attacks by Franz Fuchs in the 1990s, Rehak was suspected by some media of having written letters of confession. This led to a parliamentary question to the Federal Chancellery , his employer at the time.

In 2010, Rehak announced that it wanted to run the newly founded Vienna List (of which it was to be the top candidate) in the Vienna municipal council elections in October. The list deliberately wanted to address “right-wing” voters, for example, it sees Gerd Honsik, who was convicted of Holocaust denial , as a “victim of justice” and calls for an “immediate immigration stop”. However, she did not reach the number of declarations of support required to run. In February 2011, the list was dissolved and incorporated into the far-right National People's Party, of which he became the new chairman.

Works (selection)

Austrofascism. Verlag Freiheitliches Bildungswerk, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-901292-00-0 .
The principle of legality, its scope and attempts to undermine it. Freedom Academy, Vienna 1994.
Socialism - End or Awakening? Verlag Stocker, Graz 1995, ISBN 3-7020-0686-9 .

Web links

Literature by and about Günter Rehak in the catalog of the Österr. National Library
on Günter Rehak see the documentation archive of the Austrian resistance - functionaries, activists and ideologues of the right-wing extremist scene in Austria (PDF; 1.6 MB)

Individual evidence

^ DÖW : Handbook of Austrian Right-Wing Extremism , p. 128

^ Austrian journal for sociology , issue 6/1981, p. 71.

↑ History of the VSStÖ ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on vsstö.at

^ List Vienna wants to stop immigration and the arbitrariness of the authorities. In: The Standard . August 13, 2010.

↑ Documentation Center of the Austrian Resistance: Interim report: The role of the Federation of Socialist Academics (BSA) in the social reintegration of former National Socialists (PDF, p. 34) It can be assumed that he also left the SPÖ.

↑ 3452 / J XX.GP: INQUIRY from MPs Öllinger, friends to the Federal Chancellor regarding right-wing extremist activities of the Federal Chancellery official MR Dipl.Ing. Mag. Günter Rehak.

^ Press release of the Vienna List

^ ORF: Five years imprisonment for Gerd Honsik

^ "Honsik as a victim of justice": List Vienna wants to run for office. In: The press . August 13, 2010.

↑ DÖW - "News from the Far Right - January 2009 - National People's Party (NVP)"