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- Title
Anton Reinthaller und die Anfänge der Freiheitlichen Partei Österreichs. Der politische Werdegang eines Nationalsozialisten und die „Ehemaligen″ in der Zweiten Republik.
- Authors
Reiter, Margit
- Abstract
After 1949, many former National Socialists reorganised themselves in the Federation of Independents (Verband der Unabhängigen, VdU) and its successor party, the Freedom Party of Austria (FreiheitlichePartei Österreichs, FPÖ). As the first party leader of the FPÖ since 1955/56, Anton Reinthaller (1895-1958) played a central role in the political formation of the "Ehemalige" (former Nazi Party members). On the basis of the hitherto unused papers of Anton Reinthaller, the present contribution sketches the political career of the founder of the FPÖ from his time as an illegal National Socialist during Austrofascism, his appointment as a Nazi minister in 1938 and his various positions during the Nazi period up to his political biography after 1945. The correspondence, personal notes and court documents contained in his papers not only provide a good overview of the networks and the discourse among former Nazis after 1945, but also allow for the investigation of Reinthaller's position towards National Socialism and his retrospective self-presentations. The early history of the FPÖ is investigated by interlacing organisational history and a biographical approach: In its tension between biographical and ideological continuities on the one hand and the willingness and capability to adapt to different political circumstances on the other hand, the example of Anton Reinthaller reveals a typical "Austrian" perpetrator biography which has not been given much attention by research to date.
- Subjects
AUSTRIA; GERMANY; NAZIS; POLITICIANS; POLITICAL parties; NAZI Germany, 1933-1945; NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHE Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei
- Publication
Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, 2018, Vol 66, Issue 4, p539
- ISSN
0042-5702
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/vfzg-2018-0033