Peter Sichrovsky

Peter Sichrovsky (born 5 September 1947) is an Austrian journalist, writer, former politician and Member of the European Parliament.

After receiving his university qualifications, Sichrovsky became a high school chemistry and physics teacher, leaving education in 1976 to take up management positions in various pharmaceutical companies.

[3] He first made headlines for, whilst working for Der Standard, dubbing Jörg Haider (leader of the Freedom Party of Austria who described the Waffen SS as “men of honour”), as “the scum that floats to the surface”.

[4] Facing the prospects of leaving the European Parliament, in 2003, he would claim that his "political career has been something of a failure", since he failed to "establish a democratic right-wing platform", lamenting that the parliament remained "dominated by two large groups, the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) and the socialists.”[1] Sichrovsky is a controversial figure within the conservative right.

[3] In 1986, an English translation of Sichrovsky's book Wir wissen nicht was morgen wird, wir wissen wohl was gestern war: Junge Juden in Deutschland und Österreich, a collection of interviews with the children of Jewish holocaust victims and survivors, was published as Strangers in their own land: Young Jews in Germany and Austria today.