Hermann Stern
Hermann Stern (24 May 1878 – 24 August 1952) was an Austrian lawyer, local politician, and economic pioneer. Early life Born in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Hermann Stern was the seventh of the ten children of Johann Joachim Stern, a Jew who converted to Catholicism, and Gertraud Stern née Lechthaler. In 1902, he received his doctorate in law from the University of Innsbruck and passed his bar exam in 1906. He was initially secretary of the "Association of Catholic Agricultural Workers" in Innsbruck. In 1910, he moved to Reutte (Tyrol, Austria) as a lawyer. Career Stern initially had a good relationship with the Social Democrats but was never one of them himself. Together with the social democrat August Wagner, he initiated the first democratization movement in Reutte. The Social Democratic Party said the following about him in 1920: This translates to, “Although Dr. Stern does not belong to the Social Democratic Party, nor has he run for election by the party, we appreciate that he has always stood up firmly for the workers and because he also has a heart for the poorer population." In 1918, Stern played a vital role in a democracy movement in Reutte that aimed to restructure