Erich Feigl

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Erich Feigl
Born1931
Vienna, Austria
Died27 January 2007(2007-01-27) (aged 75–76)
NationalityAustrian
Occupation(s)Film producer and author

Erich Feigl (1931 – 27 January 2007) was an Austrian documentary film producer and author. He produced almost 60 documentaries, mostly for the Austrian

Habsburgs, whose restoration he supported, and the historical fact of the Armenian genocide, which he denied until his death.[1]

Biography

Erich Feigl was born in

Western Asia extensively and produced many documentaries about these places and their cultures and religions ("Journey to the Early Christian World", "Men and Myths"). He worked with the Dalai Lama
on various projects ("Bardo", "Rebirth").

Feigl became interested in

Habsburgs
("Kaiser Karl", "Kaiserin Zita").

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Feigl was a long-time monarchist activist, and in 2006 was awarded honorary membership of the Black-Yellow Alliance, which favors the return of the House of Habsburg to power.[4] Described by Der Spiegel as a "fervent admirer" of Empress Zita, he was part of the monarchist committee which organized her funeral in 1989.[5]

Feigl received the Medal for the Progress of the

Republic of Azerbaijan and was an honorary Board member of the Congress of European Azeris.[6]

Feigl had died of kidney failure after being hospitalised for a stomach hemorrhage. He was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering, with his ashes being buried on February 5 at Simmering Cemetery in Vienna.[7]

A Myth of Terror

In 1986 Feigl became well known after the publication of his book A Myth of Terror: Armenian Extremism: Its Causes and Its Historical Context. In the book's introduction, Feigl writes he had written it as a response to the murder of close friend and Turkish labour attaché, Erdoğan Özen, by the members of the Armenian Revolutionary Army.[3][8][9] Initially published in German, an English version was later produced. Complimentary copies of the book were distributed by Turkish organisations to US governmental officials, university libraries and individuals.[10] A short time before he died he finished his last book, called Armenian Mythomania.[11][12]

Dagmar Lorenz, in a book review of author Edgar Hilsenrath for the Simon Wiesenthal Center Annual, notes Feigl as a supporter of "Turkish cryptofascist anti-Armenian propaganda" and condemns A Myth of Terror as a "revisionist publication" that "abounds with misleading details". [13]

Feigl's work was also criticized by Klas-Göran Karlsson for misinterpretations.[14]

Honours and awards

Works

Books

Films

  • Reise in die frühchristliche Welt and Die Erben der frühchristlichen Welt
  • Die Weltreligionen: Buddhismus, Hinduismus, Schintoismus, Islam, Christentum
  • Ein Tropentraum
  • Der Goldschatz
  • Menschen und Mythen (Die Sikhs, die Parsen, das Bardo etc.)
  • Kaiserin Zita and Otto von Habsburg and Alois Musil (about Syria, Iraq),
  • Die Religionen des Zweistromlandes („An den Strömen des Paradieses“),
  • Wenn die Götter lieben in the Wasser ist Macht project
  • A myth of terror (about ASALA actions)
  • Die Wiedergeburt and Bardo and Buddhismus (about the Dalai Lama)

References

  1. ^ Feigl, Erich. A Myth of Terror : Armenian Extremism, Its Causes and Its Historical Context, page 7.
  2. ^ Short biography in A Myth of Terror.
  3. ^ a b "Türk Dostu Bilimadamı Hayatını Kaybetti" (in Turkish). haberler.com. January 26, 2007.
  4. ^ "Prof. Erich Feigl is dead". Archived from the original on 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
  5. ^ Der Spiegel, 27 March 1989, Liebe der Völker DER SPIEGEL 13/1989, p. 160
  6. ^ Эргюн Нифталиев: "Учитывая вероятность возникновения юридических проблем в связи с похоронами Эриха Файгла в Азербайджане, он будет похоронен на родине" (in Russian). 29 January 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06.
  7. ^ "Friend of Turkey Feigl to be buried on Monday". Günlük Bülten (6809). Institute for Armenian Research. 1 February 2007.
  8. ^ http://www.ataa.org/reference/diplomats.html Archived 2018-10-30 at the Wayback Machine June 20, 1984 - Vienna, Austria: A bomb explodes in a vehicle owned by the Assistant Labor and Social Affairs Counselor of the Turkish Embassy, Erdogan Ozen, killing Ozen and seriously injuring five Austrian nationals, including two law enforcement officers. The "Armenian Revolutionary Army" of the Justice Commandos against Armenian Genocide (JCAG) claims responsibility for the attack.
  9. ^ http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING2005/04/05x04x22.HTM#%2013 Archived 2010-04-09 at the Wayback Machine "He became acquainted with the events of 1915 while doing historical research, and he quickly developed an interest in the issue. Meanwhile, Turkish Attaché for Labor and Social Affairs in Vienna Erdogan Ozen, a close friend of his, was murdered by the terrorist Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) in 1984. Ozen's murder affected him so much that he investigated, researched and wrote a book on Armenian terror titled 'A Myth of Terror'."
  10. Michael M. Gunter (1988). "(review of "A Myth of Terror")". Turkish Studies Association Bulletin
    . 13: 54–57.
  11. ISBN 978-3-85002-583-6
  12. ^ Armenian Genocide Research Center
  13. ISSN 0741-8450. Archived from the original
    on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  14. ^ Collective traumas: memories of war and conflict in 20th-century Europe. ed. Conny Mithander, John Sundholm, 2007, p. 30
  15. ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 870. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  16. S2CID 146255839
    .

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