Julius Deutsch
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Julius Deutsch (February 2, 1884, Lackenbach, Kingdom of Hungary – January 17, 1968, Vienna) was a politician in the Austrian Social Democratic Party and member of Parliament of the Austrian National Council between 1920 - 1933.
Julius Deutsch achieved reputation as leading Founder (1923) and Chairman of the "Republikanischen Schutzbundes" (Republican Guard), which was founded as balance related to the "christsozialen Heimwehr" (Social Christian Home Guard), primarily recruited out of the "Deutschösterreichischen Volkswehr" (German-Austrian People's Guard).[1] It had been organized by Deutsch himself as Under Secretary of State in the Departmend of Armed Forces (November 1918 until March 1919) and as Secretary of State in the Department of Armed Forces (March 1919 until October 1920). After the defeat of the Republican Guard during the Civil War in 1934 and the following prohibition of the "Sozialdemokratischen Arbeiterpartei - SDAP" (Socialdemocratic Worker Party) he retreated to the city of Brünn in Czechoslovakia.
From 1936 until 1939 Deutsch fought as General of the Republican troops in the Spanish Civil War.
1939 he moved to Paris and got involved with the foreign representation of the Austrian Socialists (AVOES). After the conquer of France by the Nationalsocialists, Deutsch, who was jewish, had to imigrate again. He was able to get to the United States of America and returned back to Austria in 1946, where he lead the publishing arm of the Socialists. Julius Deutsch was also the President of the Socialist Workers' Sport International.[2]
Since 1951 Deutsch was married to Adrienne Thomas, an Author.
After his death, an apartment complex "Julius-Deutsch-Hof" was named in Honor to him.
Julius Deutsch was also an uncle of Karl Deutsch, a renowned German-American social and political scientist.
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- Julius Deutsch: Antifacism. Proletarian ability to put up a fight in the battle against Facism. Vienna 1926
in "Aufbau":
- The political emigration speaks (Die politische Emigration spricht), Jg. 8. 1942, Nr. 14 (3. April 1942), S. 5
- New Austria (Das neue Oesterreich), Jg. 9. 1943, Nr. 45 (5. November 1943), S. 1
- The new Government in Austria (Die neue Regierung in Oesterreich), Jg. 11. 1945, Nr. 18 (4. Mai 1945), S. 3
in "New Forward" (Vorwärts):
- Travelling impressions in America (Reiseeindruecke in Amerika), Nr. 84 (20. Januar 1935), Beilage, S. 1
in the "Parisian daily News": (Pariser Tageszeitung):
- From defense to offense (Von der Defensive in die Offensive), Jg. 2. 1937, Nr. 406 (24. Juli 1937), S. 1
- Spains battle for Freedom - the honor of democracy (Spaniens Freiheitskampf – die Ehre der Demokratie), Jg. 3. 1938, Nr. 568 (2. Januar 1938), S. 2
in the "Socialist Observatory" (Sozialistische Warte):
- A clear answer (Eine eindeutige Antwort), Jg. 14. 1939, Nr. 33 (18. August 1939), S. 793
[edit] References
- ^ Yidishe Bilder no. 13 (1937), cited in the Ghetto Fighters' House archives
- ^ Wheeler, Robert F.. Organized Sport and Organized Labour: The Workers' Sports Movement, in Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 13, No. 2, Special Issue: Workers' Culture (Apr., 1978), pp. 191-210
- German language Wikipedia: Julius Deutsch. Retrieved October 21, 2005.
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