!!!Oberegger, Josef

Oberegger, Josef, b. Leoben (Styria), Jan. 23, 1896, 
d. Vienna, Oct. 9, 1969, metallurgical engineer. 1922-1938 worked 
at the  Oesterreichische-Alpine Montangesellschaft, 1945 public 
administrator, 1959-1964 managing director, then member of the 
advisory board. Political activities: 1919 member of the Leoben 
student batallion in defensive combat in Carinthia, 1927 one of the 
founders of the Heimatschutz movement in Upper Styria, 1928 founder of 
the Independent Unions, 1932-1934 played a leading part in the 
Heimatblock political group. After 1938 interned in Dachau and 
Buchenwald concentration camps.

!Literature
W. Wiltschegg, Die Heimwehr, 1985; B. Schleicher, Heisses 
Eisen, 1999.


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