Gudula Walterskirchen

Gudula Walter churches (* 18th September 1967 in St. Poelten as gudula Schrittwieser ) is an Austrian historian , author and newspaper editor.

Life

Born Gudula Stepwieser, she grew up with her six siblings in St. Pölten. Gudula's mother was president of the Catholic Family Association of Austria, her father headed the family department of the diocese of St. Pölten. She graduated from Mary Ward Private High School and Upper School Secondary School in 1986 . She then studied history and art history in Graz and at the University of Vienna , and in 2000 did her doctorate in Vienna with a dissertation on nobility in Austria in the 20th century: private and public life, career choices, economic activities and political role . The dissertation formed the basis for her first book The Hidden State: Nobility in Austria Today . From 2000 to 2005 she worked as an editor for the daily newspaper Die Presse , of which she headed the Sankt Pölten office for two years. She has been working as a freelance journalist and book author since 2005, for example since 2014 she has been writing articles for the column Quergeschritten for Die Presse and for the industry magazine Der Österreichische Journalist .

In 2017 Walterskirchen (née Stepwieser) succeeded the deceased vicar prelate Franz Stepwieser as editor of the Niederösterreichische Nachrichten and the Burgenländische Volkszeitung .

Activity as a historian

Walterskirchen is also the author of several historical books, with a focus on the interwar period and the corporate state . In works such as Engelbert Dollfuss: Workers Murderer or Hero's Chancellor or The Blind Spots of History: Austria 1927–1938, she criticizes the usual Austrian public portrayal of this period, which, in her opinion, mainly follows the SPÖ's view of history and the discourse of the SPÖ , for example in its assessment by historical figures like Engelbert Dollfuß or Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg . Her books also received journalistic attention in neighboring countries. While the Wiener Zeitung gave its book Blaues Blut für Österreich (Blaues Blood for Austria) a positive review, about Austrian nobles in the resistance against National Socialism , their theses received little attention from historians. On the German-language specialist review platform H-Soz-u-kult, there is only one very critical review that attests to the book Die Blinden Flecken der Geschichte a “clear political list”.

Private

She has been married to Markus Walterskirchen since 1992 and has one son.

criticism

Walterskirchen is sometimes referred to by its critics as "fundamentally Catholic-conservative". In an article from 2017, the Viennese city newspaper Falter accused her of speaking out in her weekly comments in the daily newspaper Die Presse, among other things, against same-sex marriages , against sex education in kindergartens and elementary schools and against the deadline solution . In particular, one comment that could be interpreted as comparing abortions to the deaths of innocent children in Syria , as well as her position on the Irish vote on abortion in 2018 , caused controversy. Your criticism of the "social group" Caritas, published on the same platform in spring 2018, hurt many employees and volunteers, according to the Caritas director of St. Pölten , Hannes Ziselsberger.

Audio

• Book review audio 1/2 year online Günter Kaindlstorfer Deutschlandfunk "Andruck" March 12, 2018

Publications (selection)

• 1999: The hidden status: Nobility in Austria today , new edition 2007 and 2010, Haymon-Taschenbuch, Innsbruck / Wien, ISBN 978-3-85002-428-0 / ISBN 978-3-85218-843-0
• 2000: Blue blood for Austria. Nobles in the resistance against National Socialism , Amalthea-Verlag, Vienna 2000, ISBN 978-3-85002-452-5
• 2001: The Viennese Carnival: the time of balls and waltzes , Holzhausen-Verlag, Vienna 2001, ISBN 978-3-85493-039-6
• 2002: Starhemberg or the traces of the thirties , Amalthea-Verlag, Vienna 2002, ISBN 978-3-85002-469-3
• 2004: Engelbert Dollfuß: worker murderer or hero chancellor , Molden Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 978-3-85485-112-7
• 2005: Bomb Hamsters Survival: Austria 1945 , Molden-Verlag, Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3-85485-126-4
• 2006: The Austrian Society: Satirical Insights and Outlooks , Amalthea Verlag, Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-85002-577-5
• 2013: Franzi was a little naughty - ladies-in-waiting of the Habsburgs tell , Residenz Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-7017-3301-9
• 2014: Countess Marie Festetics' diary : Empress Elisabeth's most intimate friend , Residenz Verlag 2014, ISBN 978-3-7017-3338-5
• 2017: The blind spots of history: Austria 1927–1938 , Kremayr and Scheriau, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-218-01063-4
• 2018: My fatherland smashed. 1918 - End of the war and a new beginning in letters, diaries and memories , Residenz Verlag 2018, ISBN 978-3-7017-3420-7

Web links

• Official website
• Short biography and reviews of works by Gudula Walterskirchen at perlentaucher.de
• Works by and about Gudula Walterskirchen in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} NÖN: Nobility Committed, Part 33: Gudula Walterskirchen in Purkersdorf ( Memento from April 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). Article dated May 9, 2011, accessed April 5, 2017.
2. ↑ Residenzverlag: Gudula Walterskirchen . Retrieved April 4, 2017.
3. ↑ ^{a b} orf.at: The woman who lets court ladies talk . Article dated June 30, 2013, accessed April 5, 2017.
4. ↑ Book review audio 1/2 year online ( Memento from March 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Günter Kaindlstorfer Deutschlandfunk " Andruck " March 12, 2018
5. ↑ Of bourgeois, but strongly Catholic descent ( memento from April 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) in the archives of NÖN from May 9, 2011, accessed on May 23, 2018
6. ^ Union catalog: Aristocracy in Austria in the 20th century: private and public life, career choice, economic activities and political role . Dissertation 2000, University of Vienna.
7. ↑ List of Walterkirchen's columns on their website www.walterskirchen.cc . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
8. ^ Gudula Walterskirchen: Biography ( Memento from January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved April 5, 2017.
9. ^ Gudula Walterskirchen new NÖN editor on ORF from May 30, 2017, accessed on May 30, 2017
10. ^ Gudula Walterskirchen becomes publisher of NÖN . In: The press . ( diepresse.com [accessed August 30, 2018]).
11. ^ Stephan Löwenstein: Austria 1927 to 1938: Blacks, Reds, Many Dead. In: FAZ . July 3, 2017, accessed December 27, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Franz Josef Kos: The chosen one. In: FAZ. September 16, 2004, accessed December 27, 2018 . 
13. ^ Rainer Mayerhofer: Walterskirchen: Blue blood for Austria. In: Wiener Zeitung , October 27, 2000, accessed on December 27, 2018.
14. ^ Carlo Moos: Review of: Walterskirchen, Gudula: The blind spots of history. Austria 1927–1938. Vienna 2017. In: H-Soz-Kult, September 26, 2017, accessed on December 27, 2018.
15. ↑ Nina Horaczek: Gudula Walterskirchen: A "Tea Party" for the NÖN. In: Falter 24/17 of June 14, 2017, accessed on December 27, 2018 ( beginning of article online with Paywall ).
16. ↑ Gudula Walterskirchen: European values: protection of the weaker and of life. In: Die Presse from January 9, 2017, accessed on December 27, 2018 (start of article online with Paywall).
17. ↑ Gudula Walterskirchen: Women in need need good advice, time and alternatives. In: Die Presse from June 3, 2018, accessed on December 27, 2018 (start of article online with Paywall).
18. ↑ Christian Fiala: An ignorance that only applies to the author herself. In: Die Presse from July 1, 2018, accessed December 27, 2018.
19. ^ Criticism of the "social group" Caritas offends many. Portal of the Archdiocese of Vienna , March 21, 2018, accessed on December 27, 2018.