Adolf Stand

Adolf Stand

Adolf Stand (1870–1919) was a Jewish politician in Austria-Hungary. He was president of the Zionist organization in Galicia and stood as a candidate in a parliamentary by-election in 1906. Stand obtained 454 votes, but was defeated by Joseph Gold (who won with 850 votes). The election was, however, marred with irregularities.[1] In the 1907 elections to the Austrian parliament, the first to be held with universal suffrage, Stand won the Brody seat as a candidate of the Jewish National Party. In total Stand obtained 2,585 votes in a run-off against Wollerner. He had obtained the support of the Jewish Social Democratic Party, who argued that Stand, despite being a reactionary, represented the lesser evil of the two run-off candidates.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Berkowitz, Michael. Nationalism, Zionism and Ethnic Mobilization of the Jews in 1900 and Beyond. IJS studies in Judaica, 2. Leiden [u.a.]: Brill, 2004. pp. 155–157
  2. ↑ Berkowitz, Michael. Nationalism, Zionism and Ethnic Mobilization of the Jews in 1900 and Beyond. IJS studies in Judaica, 2. Leiden [u.a.]: Brill, 2004. pp. 174–175


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