Neustädter-Stürmer, Odo vor 1919 Marquis de Gozani#
b. Ljubljana, Slovenia (then Laibach), Nov. 3, 1885, d. Hinterbruehl (Lower Austria), March 19, 1938 (suicide), studied law, politician (Heimatschutz). After serving in World War I administrative civil servant in Upper Austria, 1931-1934 member of the Nationalrat, 1933/34 Staatssekretaer for the creation of employment, labour service, the road system and tourism, 1934-1935 Minister of Social Affairs, 1936 envoy to Budapest, 1936-1937 Minister of the Interior and Security; dismissed from office because of nationalist tendencies. 1930-1933 exerted strong ideological influence on the politics of the Heimatschutz movement and from 1930 worked on the fundamentals of the Maiverfassung (May Constitution) of 1934. Played an important part in the suppression of the July Putsch of 1934 (false testimony against the leaders of the coup before the military tribunal), leading him to commit suicide in 1938.
Works#
Der Staendestaat Oe., 1930; Was will der Heimatschutz, 1931; Die berufstaendische Gesetzgebung in Oe, 1936.Literature#
W. Wiltschegg, Die Heimwehr, 1985.