Josef Ferrari

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Josef Alexander Heinrich Ferrari (born June 10, 1907 in Bolzano ; † April 16, 1958 ) was a Catholic priest and after the end of the Second World War the first head of school for the German-speaking school in South Tyrol .

Life

Ferrari came from a working-class family . Despite the early death of his father, his mother made it possible for him to attend the Franciscan high school in Bolzano . In 1926 he obtained the Matura at this . He then attended the seminary in Trento , on March 21, 1931 he was ordained a priest . Subsequently worked as a cooperator in Ortisei in Val Gardena , Neumarkt and Meran . From 1934 he worked as a diocesan assistant for the Catholic Action and in this role knew how to address young people in particular. Ferrari was in close contact with Josef Mayr-Nusser .

As an opponent of the South Tyrolean option to emigrate to Germany, he was imprisoned in Innsbruck after the German occupation of the country in 1943 . Months later, on the intervention of friends, he was banished to St. Josef am Kalterer See .

After the war, Josef Ferrari became vice school director for the German school system in South Tyrol, albeit under the supervision of an Italian colleague. As such, he made great contributions to the reconstruction of the German school in the country after the fascist Italianization policy . He knew how to keep the balance between the responsible authorities in Rome and the South Tyrolean People's Party , the representation of the German-speaking population in the country. Against broad opposition, he advocated the introduction of the new unified middle school, which should also pave the way for a higher education for the rural population.

In public, Josef Ferrari made relatively little prominence. With determination, but always calm and matter-of-fact, he took the position of the German school to the authorities. Thanks to his ability to negotiate, despite his extremely difficult position, he achieved a great deal and practically built the German school system in South Tyrol out of nowhere with some school people. Despite a long-term illness, he worked tirelessly until the end of his life on April 16, 1958.

Honors

In Meran the pedagogical high school "Josef Ferrari" was named after him (merged in 2011 in the high school Meran ), in Bruneck there is a Josef-Ferrari-Straße . The Caritas named in Caorle a children's holiday resort after him.

literature

  • South Tyrolean Cultural Institute (ed.): Josef Ferrari: 1907–1958 . Athesia, Bolzano 1983.
  • Hochw. Josef Ferrari 1907–1958: the pioneer and his legacy . In: The Sciliar . tape 82 , 2008 (collection of articles).

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Peter Kollmann: On the 100th birthday of Josef Ferrari, the first head teacher of the German school in South Tyrol. South Tyrolean teacher associations, accessed on June 27, 2011 .
  2. Leo Hillebrand: Laborious new beginning. From German language courses to post-war school . In: Gottfried Solderer (Ed.): The 20th Century in South Tyrol. Total war and a new beginning . Volume III: 1940-1959. Edition Raetia, Bozen 2002, ISBN 88-7283-152-0 , p. 218-235 .
  3. Josef Ferrari. (No longer available online.) Pedagogical high school “Josef Ferrari” Merano, archived from the original on January 25, 2008 ; Retrieved June 27, 2011 .
  4. The history of the children's holiday complex "Josef Ferrari". (No longer available online.) Caritas Bozen, archived from the original on January 30, 2011 ; Retrieved June 27, 2011 .