Josef Wüst

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Josef Wüst (11 March 1925 – 19 February 2003) was an Austrian

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Early life and education

Josef Wüst was born in

Balkan Campaign began in 1941 in the then Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and the language of education changed from Serbian to German.[1]

In fall 1944

Caritas organization.[2]

To reunite with them, in November 1945 Wüst moved to Vienna, where he made a living as a shoemaker. He enrolled in the faculty of philosophy at the University of Vienna on 6 October 1948. On 26 September 1950 he changed his focus of study to journalism. During his studies he spent six months in Madrid on a scholarship, but returning from Spain to Vienna, he only had enough money to reach Salzburg, where he found work with the US army. During his time in Salzburg he also joined the Catholic fraternity K.Ö.H.V. Rheno-Juvavia Salzburg. Once back in Vienna he joined the affiliated K.Ö.H.V. Saxo-Bavaria Prag, and on 22 December 1954 he graduated from the university. His doctoral dissertation is on the beginning of letterpress in the Banat.[2]

Career

After graduation Wüst worked as a freelancer at a publishing house, the Österreichischer Wirtschaftsverlag (Austrian business press) and as a courier.[2] In 1958 his position at the publisher became permanent; he worked there as a journalist and editor-in-chief until 1985, during which time he supervised its journals for the sporting goods, joiner, master carpenter, electronics, butcher and automobile branches.[3][4][5]

Personal life

Josef Wüst became an

Lungau.[3][4]

Honours and awards

Publications

In 1991 Wüst published Verlorene Heimat Georgshausen, describing life in a small village of Danube Swabians in Banat from 1849 to 1945.[1][6] An English translation, Lost Homeland Georgshausen, was published in March 2008.[7]

The newspaper Unser Dorftrommler (December 1991[8] – November 2002[9]) focused on informing former citizens of Georgshausen and their descendants about the past village life, as well as distributing recent news.[10]

At the end of the last century Wüst created together with the councilmen of the three villages Georgshausen, Setschanfeld and Altlez the website www.drei-doerfer-im-banat.de. In 2020 the website was revised and moved to www.georgshausen.com.[11]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f Wüst, Josef (2003). Meine Geschichte (in German). Lintsching. pp. 1 ff.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ a b Zagler, Erhard (March 2003). Dr. Josef Wüst gestorben. KFZ Wirtschaft (in German). Vol. 3. p. 35.
  4. ^ a b Redaktion KFZ Wirtschaft (12 March 2003). "Dr. Josef Wüst gestorben" (in German). Österreichischer Wirtschaftsverlag. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  5. ^ Götz, Rajchl (7 March 2003). Dr. Josef Wüst: Er war einfach gut. Österreichische Fleischerzeitung (in German). Vol. 5. p. 7.
  6. ^ Barbara Hebenstreit. "Memorial meeting in Reutlingen, Germany on May 3rd, 2003". Website of the three villages in the Banat. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  7. OCLC 260254220
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  8. ^ Wüst, Josef (1991). Title page. Unser Dorftrommler (in German). Vol. 23. p. 1.
  9. ^ Wüst, Josef (2002). Title page. Unser Dorftrommler (in German). Vol. 68. p. 1.
  10. ^ Wüst, Josef (1991). Dorfgemeinschaft. Unser Dorftrommler (in German). Vol. 23. p. 7.
  11. ^ Barbara Hebenstreit. "Contact". Website of the three villages in the Banat. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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