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Zernatto, Guido
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b. Treffen (Carinthia), June 21, 1903,
d. New York (USA), Feb. 8, 1943, writer and politician of the
Fatherland Front (Vaterlaendische Front, VF), uncle of Christof
Zernatto; 1929 secretary of the national section of the reactionary
"Heimatschutz", 1930/1931 secretary of the reactionary "Heimatblock",
from May 1936 state secretary in the Federal Chancellery and Secretary
General of the "Fatherland Front", from Feb. 1938 Federal Minister
without Portfolio. Conducted negotiations with the National Socialists
from 1936 to 1938. Fled to France in 1938, to the USA in 1940. 1941
Assistant Professor of Political Sciences at Fordham University. Wrote
poetry and novels.
Works: Die Wahrheit ueber Oesterreich, 1939; Vom Wesen der Nation, ed.
by W. In der Maur, 1966. - Poetry: Gelobt sei alle Kreatur, 1930; Die
Sonnenuhr, 1933; Der Jahrmarkt, 1946. - Edition: Gedichte, 1950.
Literature: I. U. Zimmer, G. Z. - Leben und dichterisches Werk, 1970;
O. Drekonja, Erinnerungen an G. Z., 1981.
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