Gerald Lehner (born 12 November 1963) is an

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n journalist and author. Born in

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,https://rss.com/podcasts/thebotstiberpodcast/1389563/ Lehner studied political science in

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. Since 1986 he has been working for

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(Austrian broadcasting service). He wrote articles for the magazines

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and

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, as well as for the daily newspaper

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. He has reported from

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, the

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and the Siberian Arctic. He realized his passion as an alpinist while a technician and teacher for the development aid organization " Öko Himal" in

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Publications

*''Die Biographie des Philosophen und Ökonomen

Leopold Kohr Leopold Kohr (5 October 1909 – 26 February 1994) was an economist, jurist and political scientist known both for his opposition to the "cult of bigness" in social organization and as one of those who inspired the ''Small Is Beautiful'' movement. ...

. Träger des Alternativen Nobelpreises.'' Franz Deuticke Verlag, Wien 1994. *''

Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer Egon Ferdinand Ranshofen-Wertheimer (September 4, 1894 – December 27, 1957) was a diplomat, journalist and doctor of laws. Early life Egon Ferdinand Ranshofen-Wertheimer was born as the son of the Catholic land owner and member of the Upper Aus ...

und Leopold Kohr. Mit der

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gegen die Nazis''. In: Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes. Jahrbuch 1995. *''Zwischen

Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...

und

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. Die Gedächtnislücken des

Heinrich Harrer Heinrich Harrer (; 6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, explorer, writer, sportsman, geographer, and briefly SS sergeant. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the ...

''.

Czernin Verlag The Czernin family (; ) is a European noble family that was one of the oldest and most prominent noble families in the Kingdom of Bohemia. The family can claim descent from many important European noble families, including the distant one fro ...

, Wien 2006.

References

External links

Gerald Lehner about Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer and Leopold Kohr (in German)
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