Hans Knirsch [SEP] place of death
Hans Knirsch
Hans Knirsch (September 14, 1877 – December 6, 1933) was an Austro-German activist from Moravia for Austrian National Socialism. After the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he led the original party in Bohemia, called the Sudeten German National Socialist Party. Together with Rudolf Jung and Hans Krebs, he was one of the original core of National Socialists that remained in the Nazi Party after 1933.
Biography.
Hans Knirsch became a "Geschäftsführer", or managing leader, of the
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- April 1902: Organization of Nationalistic Labor takes place in Saaz.
- 15 November 1903: Austria-Hungary German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, DAP) is formed.
- 1904: Hans Knirsch proposes to add "National Socialist" to the Austrian DAP name, but the proposal is rejected by party congress conferees.
- 1905: Racial Hygiene Society founded