Josef Gregorig

Josef Gregorig (born April 27, 1846 in Bisamberg , Lower Austria ; † July 2, 1909 in Maria Enzersdorf ) was a Christian-Social Viennese politician and as such a member of the municipal council (1889-1908) and the Imperial Council (1897-1907).

Gregorig was a " Pfaidler " (shirt manufacturer) and business owner in Vienna ( Mariahilfer Straße 24). He was a supporter of Karl Lueger and the anti-Semite Ernst Schneider . The protection of small businesses against large-scale competition from industry and department stores was a particular concern of his; He also represented this intention with massive expressions of anti-Semitism , for example in the conflict over the expansion plans for the Rothberger department store . After the rift with the Christian Socialists, he founded the "Bund der Antisemiten", of which he was chairman until 1904.

In the Reichsrat meeting on November 16, 1899, he propagated the legend of the ritual murder .

Over the years, Gregorig's libel lawsuit against a Jewish prostitute called Aschanti , who had identified Gregorig as the man she had at a masked ball in the Hotel Wimberger ( Neubaugürtel 34, Vienna- Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus or, in 1896 ) , attracted particular public attention . from July 1, 1905, Vienna- Neubau ) in a chambre séparée and who at this meeting immorally sprayed her with soda water from a siphon bottle . The process, which was used on the part of the plaintiff and his sympathizers for anti-Semitic arguments, ended in early February 1899 with an acquittal for the defendant.

literature

Gregorig Josef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 54.
Felix Czeike, Wien-Lexikon, Volume 6, p. 594

Web links

Biographical data from Josef Gregorig in the Biographical Handbook of the Lower Austrian Parliament 1861–1921

Individual evidence

↑ 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 charge against Jews , Berlin 1993, pp. 267–292, here fn. 57, p. 280
↑ Courtroom . The fight of the Jews against the deputy Gregorig. To the affair with Wimberger. In: Deutsches Volksblatt / Deutsches Volksblatt. Radical medium-sized organ / telegraph. Radical Mittelstandsorgan / Deutsches Volksblatt. Daily newspaper for Christian German politics , morning edition, No. 3626/1899 (XI. Year), February 4, 1899, pp. 5–8. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / dvb.
↑ From the courtroom. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 12376/1899, February 4, 1899, p. 6 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.

personal data
SURNAME	Gregorig, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian Christian social politician, member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH	April 27, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bisamberg
DATE OF DEATH	July 2, 1909
Place of death	Maria Enzersdorf

[1] 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 charge against Jews , Berlin 1993, pp. 267–292, here fn. 57, p. 280

[2] Courtroom . The fight of the Jews against the deputy Gregorig. To the affair with Wimberger. In: Deutsches Volksblatt / Deutsches Volksblatt. Radical medium-sized organ / telegraph. Radical Mittelstandsorgan / Deutsches Volksblatt. Daily newspaper for Christian German politics , morning edition, No. 3626/1899 (XI. Year), February 4, 1899, pp. 5–8. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / dvb.

[3] From the courtroom. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 12376/1899, February 4, 1899, p. 6 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.