Hermann Lichtenegger

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Hermann Lichtenegger (born September 14, 1900 in Knittelfeld , Styria , † March 11, 1984 in Vienna ) was a socialist trade unionist, politician of the KPÖ and in 1945 Undersecretary for Industry, Commerce, Trade and Transport in the Renner government .

Life

Lichtenegger was a trained fitter, in 1921 he was employed by the Austrian Federal Railways . From 1918 to 1934 he was a member of the SDAP , after the February fighting in 1934 he joined the KPÖ. In 1934 he was imprisoned for his work for the free trade unions and in early 1938 for a few months because of his KPÖ activities.

At the end of August 1937 he took part in the last communist party conference before the German invasion near Prague .

Hired from the railway in 1938, he was arrested by the Gestapo in 1942 and suspended from duty. During the Battle of Vienna in 1945, Lichtenegger headed a communist resistance group at the boiler house of Vienna's Ostbahnhof and subsequently also restoration work on the railway systems. At a meeting of the party leaders in the KPÖ house on Schottenfeldgasse, at which Lichtenegger had organized a meeting of the railway workers, he was nominated for the provisional government. From May 4 to December 20, 1945, Lichtenegger was Undersecretary of State for Industry, Commerce, Trade and Transport, responsible for transport, in the Renner Provisional State Government.

Afterwards Lichtenegger was Vice President in the General Management of the Austrian State Railways and from April 22, 1946 a member of the Central Committee of the KPÖ. He played a leading role in the reconstruction of the railway system in Austria that had been destroyed by the war. He was buried at the Groß-Jedlersdorfer cemetery . The grave has already been abandoned.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Gertrude Enderle-Burcel (Ed.): Protocols of the Cabinet Council of the Provisional Government Karl Renner 1945. Volume 2: "Right or wrong - my country!" Austrian Society for Historical Source Studies, Verlag Österreich, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3- 7046-1266-9 , p. 528.
  2. ^ A b Manfred Mugrauer: The KPÖ and the constitution of the provisional government Renner. In: Alfred Klahr Society - messages. No. 1/2005 (March), XII. Year, Alfred Klahr Society, Vienna 2005, p. 6f. (PDF, 0.5 MB)
  3. ^ Winfried R. Garscha, Hans Hautmann: February 1934 in Austria. Dietz, Berlin 1984, p. 202.
  4. ↑ Hermann Lichtenegger in the search for the deceased at friedhoefewien.at
personal data
SURNAME Lichtenegger, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian trade unionist
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Knittelfeld , Styria
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1984
Place of death Vienna