The Jewish National People's Party was a regional Jewish political party founded in 1906 in the

Bukovina Bukovinagerman: Bukowina or ; hu, Bukovina; pl, Bukowina; ro, Bucovina; uk, Буковина, ; see also other languages. is a historical region, variously described as part of either Central or Eastern Europe (or both).Klaus Peter BergerT ...

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Benno Straucher Benno or Beno Straucher (Yiddish: בענאָ שטרױכער; August 11, 1854 – November 5, 1940) was a Bukovina-born Austro-Hungarian lawyer, politician and Jewish community representative, who spent the final part of his career in Romania. A ...

, elected at the Austrian Parliament's '' Abgeordnetenhaus'' for the (Austrian) Jewish National Party since 1897. The party remained active in interwar Romania.Dr. Chaim Ehrlich
About the Characteristics of the Zionist Movement in Bukovina Between the Two World Wars (Sidelights)
in: Hugo Gold (ed.)

Tel Aviv, Volume 2 (1962)

Under the Austrian-Hungarian Empire

Elections to the Austrian House of Representatives

was first defeated at the Austrian House of Representatives elections in 1891 against incumbent (since 1879) Heinrich Wagner. He was more successful at the next elections in 1897 against Anton Kochanowski, the mayor of

Chernivtsi Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the upp ...

, and at the following elections in 1900 he was reelected with the support of the Zionists, who chose not to present a candidate from their ranks. He was again reelected in 1911.

Elections to the Regional Parliament of Bukovina

Following the 1911 Regional Parliament election, 8 out of 10 Jewish legislators were affiliated to the Jewish National People's Party: Josef Blum, Jancu Fischer, Jakob Hecht, Dr. Isidor Katz, Salomon Rudich, Dr. Benno Straucher, Dr.

Salo Weisselberger Dr. Salo Weisselberger (1867–1931, also named Salo von Weisselberger), Jewish leader, jurist and judge, was a member of Bukovina's Landtag during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Mayor of Czernowitz in 1912–1914, a member of the Senate of Romania, ...

and Dr. Neumann Wender.Dr. N. M. Gelber
History of the Jews in the Bukowina (1774-1914)
in: Hugo Gold (ed.)

Tel Aviv, Volume 1 (1958)

Elections to the city council of Chernivitsi

The “Straucher's list” won 20 of the 50 city council seats in 1905, one of Straucher's fellow party members, Dr. Eduard Reiss became mayor of Chernivtsi from 1905 to 1908.

Under the Kingdom of Romania

Benno Straucher was elected to the Romanian Chamber of Deputies in 1920 and 1922. The Jewish National People's Party allied itself with the

Union of Romanian Jews The Union of Romanian Jews ( ro, Uniunea Evreilor Români, ''UER'') was a political organisation active in Romania in the first half of the 20th century. The UER targeted all Romanian Jews who had obtained citizenship and accepted its programme of ...

for the 1927 elections and Dr. Straucher was again elected from the list of the National Liberal Party. He was defeated at the 1934 elections by another Jewish candidate from the same party.

Notes and references

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