!!!Dobretsberger, Josef

Dobretsberger, Josef, b. Linz (Upper Austria), Feb. 28, 1903, 
d. Graz (Styria), May 23, 1970. Legal scholar, national economist 
and politician. As a representative of "Christian solidarity", D. 
supported reconciliation with the Social Democrats at the time of the 
corporate state and thus was forced to resign as Minister for Social 
Affairs (1935-1936). 1938-1946 emigration; professor in Istanbul and 
Cairo; co-founder and (in 1949) federal representative of the 
Democratic Union, which united with the Austrian Communist Party and 
the left-wing Socialists to become the "People's Opposition" in 1953.

!Publications
Vom Sinn und Werden des neuen Staates, 1934; Kath. 
Sozialpolitik am Scheideweg, 1947.

!Literature
D. A. Binder, J. D., 1903-1970, in: H. Ebner, H. 
Haselsteiner and I. Wiesflecker, Geschichtsforschung in Graz, 1990.


%%language
[Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Dobretsberger,_Josef|class='wikipage austrian']
%%

[{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}]
[{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]