Ilse Dvorak-Stocker

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Ilse Dvorak-Stocker (née Stocker; born January 19, 1922 in Graz ; † April 9, 2011 there ) was an Austrian publisher . She was the director of Leopold Stocker Verlag .

Life

Origin and family

Dvorak-Stocker was born in 1922 as the daughter of the farmer and agricultural chemist Leopold Stocker , founder of a publishing house in Graz, and his Sudeten German wife Marianne. Her brother fell in World War II . She was married to a career officer († 1997) and the mother of two children, including Wolfgang Dvorak-Stocker (* 1966).

Studies and publishing activities

Dvorak-Stocker studied English , history and philosophy at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz and was introduced in 1950 about the “Art of the description of persons in the novels Tobias Smolletts, Laurence Sternes, Oliver Goldsmiths and Henry Mackenzies. A comparative study on the history of narrative technique “on the Dr. phil. PhD.

As early as 1941 she worked for her father's publishing house. In 1946 she became a managing partner. With the death of her father (1950) she and her mother took over the business of the right-wing Leopold Stocker Verlag . From 1972 she directed it alone. In 1995 she handed over the management to her son Wolfgang Dvorak-Stocker , whom she continued to support.

Others

According to the assessment of the Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance (DÖW) , she and her son Wolfgang maintained close contacts with the right-wing extremist scene, such as u. a. the acceptance of the Ulrich von Hutten Medal proves.

Honors

By resolution of the state government under Josef Krainer junior (ÖVP) on October 21, 1982, Dvorak-Stocker was honored with the Golden (later the Great Golden) Decoration of Honor of the State of Styria . In addition, she was awarded the Tyrolean Eagle Order in gold and the Gold Medal of Honor of the state capital Graz . In 1992 she received the professional title " Professor " from the Federal President . Since 1992 the publisher has been allowed to wear the Styrian coat of arms (a later withdrawal was not possible for legal reasons). On December 12, 1996 she was made a citizen of the city of Graz .

In 1985 she was awarded the Joseph-Hieß Memorial Prize of the Dichterstein Offenhausen Association for her courage to publish Nazi authors . In April 2002 Ilse Dvorak-Stocker was awarded the Ulrich von Hutten Medal by the Munich-based Society for Free Journalism , according to the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Baden-Württemberg , "the right-wing extremist cultural association in Germany with the largest number of members ." The right-wing extremist FPÖ politician and journalist Otto Scrinzi (1918–2012) said in his laudation :

“Very early on, contemporary history was turned in the best revisionist spirit. This constantly expanding branch of the publishing house is of course enjoying the special popularity of our group of opinions and assures them of our great gratitude. With just as much firmness as her cleverness, the jubilarian led the publisher's ship through the shallows and storms of a hopefully soon to end epoch in which special laws, prosecutors and courts decide on alleged truths and 'judicial facts' with criminal judgments.

On July 1st, 2002 Dvorak-Stocker was honored with the Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria .

Fonts (selection)

  • 50 years of publishing work a look back. Leopold Stocker Verlag 1917–1967 . Stocker, Graz a. a. 1967.

literature

  • Edith Stumpf-Fischer: Dvorak-Stocker, Ilse . In: Ilse Korotin (Hrsg.): BiografıA: Lexicon of Austrian women . Volume 1: A-H . Böhlau, Vienna a. a. 2016, ISBN 978-3-205-79590-2 , pp. 636 f.
  • Obituary for Prof. Dr. phil. Ilse Dvorak ‐ Stocker, owner of the publishing house i. R., meeting of the municipal council on April 14, 2011, pp. 32–33.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Obituary for Prof. Dr. phil. Ilse Dvorak ‐ Stocker, owner of the publishing house i. R., meeting of the municipal council on April 14, 2011, pp. 32–33.
  2. ↑ Jews, sheep, cider . In: profil , No. 10/10, March 8, 2010.
  3. ↑ a b DÖW: Statement by the DÖW on Leopold Stocker Verlag : News from far right - August 2004.
  4. ↑ Cf. Gudrun Hentges : State and political education. From the “Central Office for Homeland Service” to the “Federal Center for Political Education” . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2013, ISBN 978-3-531-18670-2 , p. 429.
  5. ^ Ministry of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg (ed.): Verfassungsschutzbericht Baden-Württemberg 2010 . Stuttgart 2011, p. 203.
  6. ↑ Awards and professional titles awarded . In: Kleine Zeitung , August 1, 2002, p. 21.
  7. ↑ List of winners of the Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . Retrieved December 9, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Dvorak-Stocker, Ilse
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stocker, Ilse (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian publisher, head of Leopold Stocker Verlag
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 2011
Place of death Graz