

From 1920 until 1930 he was editor at Tagesblatt. From 1919 until 1934, Jetzinger served as social democratic assemblyman in the federal state Diet (electoral district Innviertel). On 14 February 1921 the Catholic Church excommunicated him. In 1918 he began an intensive political career: first in the German People's Party (electoral district Ried) and from 1919 on in the Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei (Social Democratic Worker Party). In this capacity he visited, amongst other places, Palestine in 1908.ĭuring the First World War, Jetzinger served as a military chaplain. He became a Jesuit priest and professor at the philosophic-theological academy in Linz. He remains especially famous as author of the book Hitler’s Youth.Īfter graduating from school, Jetzinger studied at the theological faculty of the university of Salzburg. ( May 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)įranz Jetzinger (3 December 1882 in Ranshofen in Upper Austria – 19 March 1965 in Ottensheim in Upper Austria) was an Austrian clergyman, academic, politician, civil servant, editor and author. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations.
