Sylvester, Hans#
b. Niklasdorf (Burgenland), Nov. 10, 1897, d. Dachau concentration camp (Germany), Jan. 19, 1939, agriculturalist, politician (Christian-Socialist, member of the Vaeterlaendische Front-Fatherland Front). From 1926 in the Chamber of Agriculture of Burgenland, 1927-1930 member of the Burgenland Landtag, 1930/1931 member of the Nationalrat, 1933 provincial leader of the paramilitary organization Vaterlaendische Front (Fatherland Front) in Burgenland, 1931-1934 member of the provincial government of Burgenland, 1934-1938 Landeshauptmann, 1938 deportation to the Dachau concentration camp.
Literature#
Dokumentationsarchiv des Oe. Widerstandes (ed.), Widerstand und Verfolgung im Bgld. 1934-1945, 1979; G. Schlag, Bgld., in: E. Weinzierl and K. Skalnik, Oe. 1918-1938, vol. 2, 1983.