!!!Orel, Anton

b. Vienna, Sept. 17, 1881, 
d. Vienna, July 11, 1959, sociologist and publicist. Founded the "Bund 
der Arbeiterjugend Oesterreichs" in 1905, which became the "Verband 
der christlichen Jugend Oesterreichs" in 1907. O. was sent to the 
Vienna City Council by the Christian Socialist party from 1923-1925, 
but repeatedly came into conflict with the party. 1943/44 in prison. 
Dealt with the catholic social reform propagated by Baron K. von  
Vogelsang in numerous publications.

!Works
Der Alkoholismus, 1908; Kapitalismus, Bodenreform und christl. 
Sozialismus, 1909; Leos XIII. soziales Werk, 1913; Das 
Grundproblem der Kultur, 2 vols., 1919 (under the pen name Johannes 
Aquila); Handbuch der christl. Gesellschaftslehre, 1920; Vogelsangs 
Leben und Lehren, 1922; Oeconomia perennis, 2 vols., 1930. - Ed. of 
several journals ("Das neue Volk" 1924-1936 and others).

!Literature
L. Reichhold, A. O. Der Kampf um die oe. Jugend, 1990.



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