Josef Šanta
Josef Šanta (born April 30, 1883 in Krchleb , Kuttenberg district , Austro-Hungarian monarchy ; † May 9, 1945 in Small Fortress Theresienstadt ), was a Czechoslovak social democratic journalist and politician as well as a member of parliament. During the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia , he joined the resistance against the National Socialists and took part in the Slovak National Uprising . He was arrested twice, held in Dachau concentration camp and in the small fortress in Theresienstadt, where he died as a result of a typhus epidemic. In 2014, Šanta received a stumbling block in Olomouc .
Life
After completing his basic training, Šanta learned the trade of metalworker. At the age of 17 he moved to Vienna, where he found employment in a sewing machine factory. Then worked in various labor professions, later also in Bohemia. His real interests, however, lay in journalistic work and political engagement, which he acquired through self-study. 1911–1918 he worked in Vienna as an editor and correspondent of several magazines such as Mladý socialista ("Young Socialist") and Odborný kovodělník , ("Specialist metal worker"). After 1918 he was secretary in the social democratic magazine Dělnické listy , which was also published in Vienna. During the First World War , Šanta was a member of the regional committee in Lower Austria and represented the Czech section of the Social Democratic Workers' Party in Prague.
Political career after 1918
In 1919 Josef Šanta ran as a candidate for the Czech ethnic minority in Vienna and was elected to the City of Vienna in May 1919. In 1921 Josef Šanta left Vienna and moved to Olomouc in what was then Hanácká ulice. Journalistically he worked as the responsible editor of the social democratic newspaper Nový den ("New Day") - the later Hlas lidu ("Voice of the People") - and in 1926 became a member of the Syndicate of Czechoslovak Journalists ( Syndikát československých novinářů ). In addition, he was the permanent correspondent of several social democratic daily newspapers in Prague and Brno, including Právo lidu (“Right of the People”).
In Olomouc he continued his political engagement and became district secretary of the ČSDSD ( Českoslovanská sociálně democická strana dělnická - Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party of Workers), in the 1930s he was a member of the municipal assembly of deputies in Olomouc and also a member of the district executive committee of the ČSDSD.
In 1940 Josef Šanta was arrested and, after a stopover in Brno, transferred to the Dachau concentration camp . After a lengthy internment, he was released on May 5, 1943 and immediately went to Slovakia, where he took part in the Slovak National Uprising in Banská Bystrica from the start . He was arrested again on August 28, 1944, first held in Brno, then transferred to Theresienstadt on September 14, 1944, where he died in May 1945 in the Theresienstadt Small Fortress as a result of a typhus epidemic.
Stumbling block, honors
In Olomouc there has long been a street named after Josef Šanta, Šantova ulice; a shopping center built near the historic city center in 2013 bears Šanta's name - “Galerie Šantovka”, and this entire new district is also called “Šantovka”. On September 18, 2014, a stumbling block was laid for Josef Šanta at Šantova ul. 719/2 (formerly Hanácká ul.) - Šanta was the first non-Jewish victim of National Socialism to be honored with a stumbling stone in Olomouc, whereupon Petr Papoušek, chairman the Jewish Community of Olomouc , pointed out. The stumbling block was laid by the chairman of the social democratic ČSSD Antonín Staněk, the initiative went back to a senator from the city and the Jewish community. The text on the stumbling block in translation:
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Muž, který dal jméno Šantovce, má v Olomouci pamětní kámen , in: Metropole Olomouc, City of Olomouc web, online at: metropole-olomouc.cz / ...
- ↑ a b c d Josef Šanta , database of the Židovská obec Olomouc (Olomouc Jewish Community ), online at: kehila-olomouc.cz
- ↑ a b Odpůrce nacistů Šanta má svůj Stolperstein. Vedle Šantovky , in: Olomoucký deník, September 18, 2014, online at: olomoucky.denik.cz/...20140918
- ↑ Šantovka se rozroste na druhý břeh, přibude obchoďák Gallery 2 , in: Olomoucký deník, January 3, 2018, online at: olomoucky.denik.cz/...20180102
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| SURNAME | Santa, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak social democratic journalist and politician and member of parliament |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krchleb , Kuttenberg district , Austro-Hungarian monarchy |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1945 |
| Place of death | Small fortress Theresienstadt |