Hermann Bielohlawek

Hermann Bielohlawek (born August 2, 1861 in Vienna ; † June 30, 1918 there ) was an Austrian politician.

Bielohlawek was born in the Vienna district of Breitenfeld . He attended civic , industrial and commercial schools and became a locksmith and later a commercial employee. Early on, he was also active in journalism and politics for the trade. From 1889 he was Vice President of the Association of Commercial Employees.

He was one of the popular Viennese "Stammtisch politicians", firmly anchored in the Catholic milieu, with whom Karl Lueger built up his Christian Social Party from 1893 onwards . Bielohlawek was a member of the Vienna City Council from 1900 to 1918 , and from 1901 to 1905 even a city council. From 1897 to 1901 and from June 17, 1907 to March 20, 1911 he was a member of the House of Representatives of the Reichsrat . At the meeting of the Reichsrat on November 16, 1899, he polemically demanded from the Jewish representative Josef Kareis the blood of those who, in his opinion, had fallen victim to a Jewish ritual murder in the Hilsner case .

Bielohlawek was heavily mocked by his political opponents, such as Franz Schuhmeier , and even referred to as “stupid August”, to which Bielohlawek's well-known, not always correctly spread public statements contributed. On April 3, 1908 , Bielohlawek referred to Tolstoy in the Reichsrat as “old tepees”, and even earlier (1907) he is said to have said that culture is “that which one Jew copies from another” (The saying is also under “literature” or "Science" rumored). Karl Kraus showed a certain sympathy for the MP, whom he referred to as " Hanswurst ", and repeatedly defended him against his opponents.

literature

Bielohlawek Hermann. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 83.

Web links

Entry on Hermann Bielohlawek in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Hermann Bielohlawek in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Biographical data from Hermann Bielohlawek in the Biographical Manual of the Lower Austrian Parliament 1861–1921

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b State Committee Hermann Bielohlawek †. In: Reichspost , July 1, 1918, p. 6 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rpt.
^ ^A ^b Hermann Bielohlawek in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna .
↑ Albert Lichtblau : The debates about the ritual murder accusations in the Austrian House of Representatives at the end of the 19th century , in: Rainer Erb (Hrsg.): Die Legende vom Ritualmord. On the history of the blood accusation against Jews , Berlin 1993, pp. 267–292.
↑ April 3, 1908, Friday. Saying about Tolstoy on chroniknet.de . Retrieved June 16, 2019.
^ Karl Kraus: Der Hanswurst , Die Fackel , February 1908.
^ Karl Kraus: The old carpet , The torch, April 1908.

personal data
SURNAME	Bielohlawek, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian politician, member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH	August 2, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	June 30, 1918
Place of death	Vienna

[NachrufReichpost-1] State Committee Hermann Bielohlawek †. In: Reichspost , July 1, 1918, p. 6 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rpt.

[WiWi-2] A ^b Hermann Bielohlawek in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna .

[3] Albert Lichtblau : The debates about the ritual murder accusations in the Austrian House of Representatives at the end of the 19th century , in: Rainer Erb (Hrsg.): Die Legende vom Ritualmord. On the history of the blood accusation against Jews , Berlin 1993, pp. 267–292.

[4] April 3, 1908, Friday. Saying about Tolstoy on chroniknet.de . Retrieved June 16, 2019.

[5] Karl Kraus: Der Hanswurst , Die Fackel , February 1908.

[6] Karl Kraus: The old carpet , The torch, April 1908.