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Friedjung, Heinrich© Copyright Heinrich Friedjung, photo around 1910 Friedjung, Heinrich, b. Roštin, Czech Republic (then Roschtin), Jan. 18, 1851, d. Vienna, July 14, 1920, pan-German historian and journalist. Participated in writing the Linz Programme in 1882, and edited a periodical, "Deutsche Wochenschrift" (1883-1886). In 1886/87 editor-in-chief of a newspaper, the "Deutsche Zeitung" (party organ of the German Nationalists) and municipal councillor in Vienna from 1891-1895. Was excluded from the party due to growing anti-Semitism. In 1904 publicly disgraced for using forged sources in good faith (F. trial). Works: Der Ausgleich mit Ungarn, 1877; Der Kampf um die Vorherrschaft in Deutschland 1859-66, 2 vols., 1897/98; Ö. von 1848-1860, 2 vols., 1908/1912; Das Zeitalter des Imperialismus, 1884-1914, 3 vols., 1919-1922 (completed by A. Přibram); Geschichte in Gesprächen, 2 vols., 1997. Literature: R. Eder, H. F., master's thesis, Vienna, 1991.
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