Richard Schmitz (December 14, 1885 in Mohelnice, Moravia – April 27, 1954 in Vienna) was the last Social-Christian mayor of Vienna, Austria. Schmitz served as Vice Chancellor of Austria, as well as its Minister of Social Welfare and of Education, and as Commissioner of Vienna. He was a member of the pro-Habsburg Christian Social Party. After an active role in the Heimwehr-Fascist clash with the Clericals, Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss appointed him Mayor of Vienna in 1934.

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  • Richard Schmitz war ein österreichischer Politiker der Christlichsozialen Partei bzw. der Vaterländischen Front.
  • Richard Schmitz (December 14, 1885, Mohelnice, Moravia - April 27, 1954, Vienna) was the last Social-Christian mayor of Vienna, Austria. Richard Schmitz served as Vice Chancellor of Austria, as well as its Minister of Social Welfare and of Education, and as Commissioner of Vienna. He was a member of the pro-Habsburg Christian Social Party. After an active role in the Heimwehr-Fascist clash with the Clericals, Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss appointed him Mayor of Vienna in 1934. He succeeded elected Mayor Karl Seitz. Ardently anti-Nazi, Schmitz was Mayor four years later when Austria was absorbed into the Third Reich in the Anschluss. Up until that point, Schmitz spoke out publicly against Nazism and its tactics. Along with thousands of other prominent Austrians, Richard Schmitz was arrested and taken to Dachau concentration camp in Bavaria where he remained for the length of the war. In late April 1945 Schmitz was, together with other prominent concentration camp inmates, transferred to Tyrol where the SS left the prisoners behind. He was liberated by American troops on May 5, 1945. Preceded by:Karl Seitz Mayor of Vienna1934 – 1938 Succeeded by: Hermann Neubacher
  • Richard Schmitz a été maire de Vienne en Autriche entre 1934 et 1938. Il servit également comme vice-chancelier de l'Autriche, comme Ministre des affaires sociales et de l'éducation, et en tant que commissaire de Vienne. Il a été membre du parti autrichien lié au catholicisme social. Schmitz s'est prononcé publiquement contre le nazisme et ses tactiques. Avec des milliers d'autres autrichiens, Richard Schmitz a été arrêté et emmené au camp de concentration de Dachau en Bavière, où il est resté pour la durée de la guerre.
  • Richard Schmitz (December 14, 1885 in Mohelnice, Moravia – April 27, 1954 in Vienna) was the last Social-Christian mayor of Vienna, Austria. Schmitz served as Vice Chancellor of Austria, as well as its Minister of Social Welfare and of Education, and as Commissioner of Vienna. He was a member of the pro-Habsburg Christian Social Party. After an active role in the Heimwehr-Fascist clash with the Clericals, Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss appointed him Mayor of Vienna in 1934. He succeeded elected Mayor Karl Seitz. Ardently anti-Nazi, Schmitz was Mayor four years later when Austria was absorbed into the Third Reich in the Anschluss. Up until that point, Schmitz spoke out publicly against Nazism and its tactics. Along with thousands of other prominent Austrians, Richard Schmitz was arrested and taken to Dachau concentration camp in Bavaria where he remained for the length of the war. In late April 1945 Schmitz was, together with other prominent concentration camp inmates, transferred to Tyrol where the SS left the prisoners behind. He was liberated by American troops on May 5, 1945.
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  • Richard Schmitz war ein österreichischer Politiker der Christlichsozialen Partei bzw. der Vaterländischen Front.
  • Richard Schmitz a été maire de Vienne en Autriche entre 1934 et 1938. Il servit également comme vice-chancelier de l'Autriche, comme Ministre des affaires sociales et de l'éducation, et en tant que commissaire de Vienne. Il a été membre du parti autrichien lié au catholicisme social. Schmitz s'est prononcé publiquement contre le nazisme et ses tactiques.
  • Richard Schmitz (December 14, 1885 in Mohelnice, Moravia – April 27, 1954 in Vienna) was the last Social-Christian mayor of Vienna, Austria. Schmitz served as Vice Chancellor of Austria, as well as its Minister of Social Welfare and of Education, and as Commissioner of Vienna. He was a member of the pro-Habsburg Christian Social Party. After an active role in the Heimwehr-Fascist clash with the Clericals, Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss appointed him Mayor of Vienna in 1934.
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