Karl Ochsenbein
Karl Ochsenbein | |
|---|---|
 Ochsenbein in 1953 | |
| Chancellor of West Besmenia | |
| In office 21 November 1923 – 9 May 1953 | |
| Preceded by | Holger Kainfink |
| Succeeded by | Lars Schreim |
| Leader of the Besmenian National Union | |
| In office 28 April 1917 – 9 May 1954 | |
| Preceded by | Harald Dowall |
| Succeeded by | Lars Schreim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karl Friedrich Ochsenbein 29 August 1879 Berkafurt, Frankenburg, Kingdom of Besmenia |
| Died | 9 May 1954 Melmingen, District of Melmingen, West Besmenia |
| Political party | Besmenian National Union |
| Spouse | Erna Koch (m.1909) |
| Children | Frida Ochsenbein |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | 1918-1920 |
| Battles/wars | Besmenian Civil War |
Karl Friedrich Ochsenbein (29 August 1879 - 9 May 1954) was a Besmenian politician, who was from 1923 until his death in 1954 the dictator of West Besmenia.
Early Years
Childhood
Early Adulthood
Soldier in the Civil War
Politics
Chancellor of West Besmenia (1923-1954)
In response to the East Besmenian economic miracle in 1926, the West Besmenian Royal Army closed, by order of Ochsenbein, militarily the Inner Besmenian border on the West Besmenian side.
in which mainly political opponents and border refugees were imprisoned. By 1951 about 5 labor camps had been set up in West Besmenia. The best known was the Heudeberg labor camp.
World War
Ochsenbein's cult of personality
During his time as chancellor and after his death, the government practiced a personality cult around Ochsenbein. For example, every day on state television the "Ochsenbein song" was played at the start of the broadcast until 1966. It was common that a portrait of Ochsenbein to be hung in school classrooms and public buildings. During the West Besmenian Revolution, many of the Ochsenbein portraits were thrown away on the streets by opponents.
Death
Personal life
Gallery
Ochsenbein with Lars Schreim at a BRA practice area near Lichtenberg. (1950)
