Linz Program (1882)
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Issued on 1 September 1882, the Linz Program was a political platform, inspired by Pan-German nationalism, written by Austrians of German descent, encouraging Germanization within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. [1] The authors, of different political persuasions, but opposed to economic liberalization, were:
- Victor Adler, founder of the Austrian Social Democratic Party and a Jew, who would become the WWI Foreign Minister of Austria
- Heinrich Friedjung, a historian who also was Jewish
- Robert Pattai, a lawyer
- Engelbert Pernerstorfer, a writer and socialist
- Georg von Schoenerer, Pan-German representative to the parliament, who would become a strong anti-Semite
Its chief goal was the greater Germanization of Austria. Schoenerer issued an 1885 version that contained explicit antisemitism.
References
- ↑ Werner Suppanz, Linz Program (1882), in Richard S. Levy, Antisemitism: a historical encyclopedia of prejudice and persecution, Volume 1, p. 424