Max Winter (politician)

Max Winter (January 9, 1870 in Tárnok, Hungary – July 11, 1937 in Hollywood, California, United States) was an Austrian journalist, writer and politician of the SDAP. In 1923 he founded a feminist magazine, Die Unzufriedene, with Paula Hons which he edited until 1931.[1]

Max Winter
Max Winter in 1902.
Max Winter dressed as "down-and-out" for his reportage about so-called "Strotter" (people who looked, in those years, for things like bones, fat and money to just survive) which he did in 1902 for the socialist newspaper "Wiener Arbeiterzeitung".
BornJanuary 9, 1870 (1870-01-09)
Tárnok, Hungary
DiedJuly 11, 1937(1937-07-11) (aged 67)
Hollywood, California, United States
OccupationAustrian politician

He was instrumental in acquiring use of part of the Schönbrunn Palace as a school.[2] The street Max Winter Platz in Vienna is named after him.

References

  1. "Die Unzufriedene". dasrotewien.at (in German). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. Streibel, Robert (23 March 2004). "Der Schönbrunner Kreis - Rückblende: Die Gründung der Kinderfreunde". VHS Hietzing. Archived from the original on 10 February 2007.
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