Hans Stanek (politician)

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Johann "Hans" Stanek (born May 17, 1900 in Turn , Bohemia , † June 4, 1982 in Brixen ) was a South Tyrolean politician.

biography

Stanek came from a German-Bohemian family. In 1923 he completed his law studies at the University of Innsbruck with a doctorate , in 1925 he obtained the laurea in legge from the University of Camerino, the equivalent Italian degree. He subsequently worked as a lawyer in fascist Italy. After the National Socialist occupation forces of South Tyrol struck the foothills of the Alps operational zone in 1943 , Stanek was appointed provisional mayor of Bressanone; he held this office until 1945. Right at the beginning of his term of office, on September 20, 1943, Stanek took anti-Jewish administrative measures by forwarding a list of Jewish persons, presumably to be passed on to the Gestapo , to Wolfgang Seifert, the district leader of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Optanten für Deutschland . In March 1944 he reported to the Bolzano finance department that there were no longer any Jews in Brixen. In the Catholic episcopal city he also implemented the anti-church policies of Gauleiter Franz Hofer , which culminated in the acceptance of crosses in public buildings. After the end of World War II , he was arrested by the Allies and interned in a prison camp in Terni for five months .

After returning home, Stanek began to get involved in the ranks of the South Tyrolean People's Party , in which he served as state secretary from 1957 to 1965. From 1956 to 1960 he represented the SVP in the Brixen municipal and city council. From 1960 to 1964 he was a member of the regional council of Trentino-South Tyrol and thus also of the South Tyrolean parliament . However, Stanek spent a large part of the legislative period in custody. He was arrested by the Italian authorities after the night of fire in 1961 on suspicion of contacts with the South Tyrol Liberation Committee . In the run-up to the parliamentary elections in 1963 , the SVP considered putting Stanek up for election in the Senate constituency of Brixen in order to give him political immunity ; However, the plan was rejected, among other things, due to massive hostility on the part of the clergy , who had not forgotten Stanek's act as acting mayor. It was not until 1964 that Stanek was acquitted for lack of evidence and - in poor health - released.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bozner Nachrichten , February 4, 1925, p. 4.
  2. ↑ Hans Heiss : 1945–1952: The difficult path to democracy . In: Municipality of Brixen (ed.): 50 years of democratically elected municipal council: 50 anni Consiglio Comunale democraticamente eletto - Brixen Bressanone 1952–2002 . Brixen 2002, pp. 17-22.
  3. ↑ a b c Joachim Goller: The grip on Brixen. How a Citizens' List achieved national importance in 1956 . In: Hannes Obermair u. a. (Ed.): Regional civil society in motion. Festschrift for Hans Heiss (=  Cittadini innanzi tutto ). Folio Verlag, Vienna-Bozen 2012, ISBN 978-3-85256-618-4 , p. 138–156, reference: pp. 143–144 .
  4. ^ A b Leo Hillebrand: Hans Karl Peterlini: Hans Dietl. Biography of a South Tyrolean pioneer and rebel . In: Geschichte und Region / Storia e regione , No. 2, 2008, pp. 203–206.
  5. ^ Hans Karl Peterlini : Hans Dietl. Biography of a South Tyrolean thought leader and rebel. Edition Raetia, Bozen 2007, ISBN 978-88-7283-299-8 , p. 252.
personal data
SURNAME Stanek, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stanek, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian politician (South Tyrol)
DATE OF BIRTH 17th May 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Turn
DATE OF DEATH 4th June 1982
Place of death Brixen