Hurdes, Felix#
Hurdes, Felix, b. Bruneck/Brunico (South Tyrol), Aug. 9, 1901, d. Vienna, Oct. 12, 1974, lawyer and politician (Austrian People's Party, OeVP). 1936-1938 member of the government of Carinthia, 1938-1939 and 1944-1945 concentration camp imprisonment, 1945 co-founder and (1945-1951) secretary-general of the OeVP, 1945-1966 member of parliament, 1953-1959 First President of the Nationalrat, 1945-1952 Federal Minister of Education. Emphasised the historical and cultural independence of Austria.
Work: Europaeischer Solidarismus, 1948.