- Alois Buttinger
In February 1934, Alois (Louis) Buttinger, an Austrian socialist, was director of the "Sonnenhof Lind" children's centre in
Villach-Lind , part ofVillach inAustria .In the aftermath of the
February Uprising of 1934, which led to the subsequent prohibition of the Social Democratic Party and the Dollfuß constitution of 1 May 1934, Buttinger emigrated toEngland in May 1934. Later, he returned illegally to Villach, but had to flee again, with his wife, on the night of 11-12 March 1938 when the Nazis entered Austria. In English exile again, Buttinger worked for the refugee assistance programme organized by the Austrian socialists. In 1941, he and his family sailed to the United States -- immigrant visas had been organized by his brotherJoseph Buttinger who, with his American-born wife,Muriel Gardiner , had made his way to the US in Autumn 1939; one of the endorsements for the visa application was provided byAlbert Einstein .In 1950, now using the firstname
Louis , Buttinger and his wife Friedl founded [http://www.camphillcroft.com/philosophy.html Camp Hillcroft] inDutchess County ,New York which was still being managed by his son and grandson more in the first decade of the next century.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.