Heinrich Schneidmadl

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Heinrich Schneidmadl (born February 20, 1886 in Gutenstein ; † October 31, 1965 in Vienna ) was an Austrian politician ( SDAP ), member of the Lower Austrian state parliament , member of the constituent national assembly and member of the national council .

Life

Heinrich Schneidmadl was born on February 20, 1886 in Gutenstein in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land as the son of the miller Alois Schneidmadl and his wife Maria. He attended elementary school in Pöggstall from 1892 to 1899 . Although his parents wanted him to be a miller, he learned the profession of printer in Pöggstall and Amstetten by 1904 . Then he joined the press association printing house in St. Pölten . As early as 1906 he became a civil servant in the Lower Austrian regional health insurance fund .

As early as 1905, Schneidmadl was elected to the social democratic constituency committee of St. Pölten. In 1906 he continued his education at the “workers' school” in Vienna, at that time he was already living in Wagram . In the following years he established himself more and more in the local social democracy, so in 1911 he was sent to the party congress in Innsbruck together with Hubert Schnofl . When the People's Watch was due to appear for the first time in 1914 , Schneidmadl was given the management. However, the beginning of the First World War prevented the implementation of the plans. In 1915 Schneidmadl had to move in and was sent to Bukovina , from where he came back with diphtheria and dysentery .

In 1919, under Hubert Schnofl , Schneidmadl became a city ​​councilor in St. Pölten and vice mayor of the then independent municipality of Stattersdorf - Wagram . He was also a member of the Constituent National Assembly from 1919 to 1920 and then a member of the National Council for three legislative periods until 1927 . After that he was to ban the Social Democratic Party in 1934 the provincial government and thus a member of the Lower Austrian government . He was arrested and taken to the detention center in Wöllersdorf .

On October 6, 1920, an NSDAP meeting took place in the city halls of St. Pölten . Interested parties from all political groups came to this event to see Adolf Hitler , the then "Propaganda Supervisor" . After Schneidmadl interrupted Hitler after a short speech and spoke up, there was a scramble on the stage in which Hitler and Schneidmadl got caught. Schneidmadl embraced Hitler protectively because he did not want Hitler to be hurt. He later wrote about the incident:

“When I closed, some particularly hot-blooded meeting participants jumped on the podium, and a nice dive began, and Hitler soon became the center of it. I feared that a rash assault on him could give our opponents welcome proof of social democratic intolerance. (...) When I had succeeded in restoring peace and quiet, Hitler stepped forward and asked his supporters to leave the room with him. This speech, the shortest of his life, met with rousing applause. Hitler withdrew, followed by about 100 men. "

- Heinrich Schneidmadl : in his memoir

When Hitler stopped for an afternoon in St. Pölten after the “Anschluss” on March 14, 1938, he asked about Schneidmadl. Although he was one of the leading Social Democrats in Lower Austria, he was not interrogated, arrested or deported, but was left completely unmolested. In return, he spoke out against the party line for the connection. Hitler's gratitude went even further: Reichsstatthalter Hugo Jury found him a job with the Anker insurance company . The insurance company was classified as a "war-economically important company", which is why Schneidmadl did not have to go to the Second World War .

After the end of the war he became a member of the Provisional State Government as Undersecretary of State for Reconstruction. Furthermore, on August 5, 1945, he became the first editor-in-chief of the new Arbeiter-Zeitung . On September 22nd, Oscar Pollak replaced him in this position. After leaving the National Council, he returned to the Lower Austrian Landtag, where he remained as Provincial Councilor until 1949.

Schneidmadl was also vice-president of NEWAG from 1950 to 1965 and vice-president of the Lower Austrian Red Cross from 1955 to 1963 . He died on October 31, 1965 in Vienna.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Matthias Stadler (ed.): Wagram, from Mühlendorf to preferred residential district of St. Pölten. Volkshochschule, Wagram 1997, pp. 42–49: Chapter Heinrich Schneidmadl .
  2. ^ Siegfried Nasko : Up out of dull dreams. Labor movement and social democracy in the St. Pölten area. SPÖ district organization, Vienna 1986, pp. 415–458: Chapter biographical part ( Our district St. Pölten 7, ZDB -ID 2292151-5 ).
  3. ^ A b Manfred Wieninger : How a Social Democrat Adolf Hitler saved life in 1920. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 3, 2005 ; Retrieved May 25, 2001 .
  4. ^ A b Manfred Wieninger : Tell St. Pöltner street names . Löwenzahn, Innsbruck 2002, ISBN 3-7066-2208-4 .
  5. ↑ Imprint . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna August 5, 1945, p. 4 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  6. ^ Decision of the party executive committee . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna September 22, 1945, p. 1 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  7. ^ Heinrich Schneidmadl . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 3, 1965, p. 2 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  8. ↑ Lower Austria honors leading men . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 24, 1960, p. 4 , middle ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
personal data
SURNAME Schneidmadl, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (SDAP), member of the state parliament, member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Gutenstein
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1965
Place of death Vienna