OMOMOM OttoOttoOtto MoldenMoldenMolden EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE HISTORICAL ARCHIVES of the EUROPEAN UNION HISTORICAL ARCHIVES of the HISTORICAL ARCHIVES of the EUROPEAN UNION HISTORICAL ARCHIVES of the HISTORICAL ARCHIVES of the EUROPEAN UNION HISTORICAL ARCHIVES of the DEP Florence July 2006 Otto Molden © European University Institute - Historical Archives of the European Union, 1994-2006 Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged, save where otherwise stated. Where prior permission must be obtained for the reproduction or use of textual and multimedia information (sound, images, software, etc.), such permission shall cancel the abovementioned general permission and indicate clearly any restrictions on use. © Institut Universitaire Européen - Archives historiques de l'Union européenne, 1994-2006 Reproduction autorisée, moyennant mention de la source, sauf spécification contraire. 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Le numéro file correspondant à la côte d'archive doit être cité en note de référence des sources, doit être utilisée pour la demande de communication dans la salle de lecture des Archives historiques de l'Union européenne. © Historical Archives of the European Union 2 Otto Molden Table of contents OM Otto Molden ___________________________________________________________4 OM.01 The Alpbach European Forum ______________________________________________ 5 OM.02 Federalist International (FI) ("Föderalistische Internationale") ______________________ 7 OM.02.01 Statutes, Statutory Meetings and Congresses _____________________________________ 9 OM.02.02 "Europäische Föderalistische Partei Österreichs (EFPÖ) or (EFP)" ____________________ 11 OM.02.03 National Sections___________________________________________________________ 15 OM.03 Committee for Chinese-European Co-operation (''Komitee für Chinesisch-Europäische Zusammenarbeit'')________________________________________________________________ 17 OM.04 European National Movement (ENM): Congress of European Patriots and Federalists (''Europäische Nationalbewegung (ENB): Kongreß Europäischer Patrioten und Föderalisten'') ____ 19 OM.05 Congresses, Travels, Speeches and other Initiatives ____________________________ 20 OM.06 Publications by and on OM ________________________________________________ 23 © Historical Archives of the European Union 3 Otto Molden OM Otto Molden 1945-2002 Otto Molden (1918-2002) was an Austrian publicist, federalist and author of various books about European identity and history. His father E. Molden was a diplomat, writer, Austrian opponent to Nazi-Regime and after the war founder of the leading Austrian paper "Die Presse". His mother P. von Preradovic was a poetess and wrote the Austrian National anthem. After having attended the gymnasium in Vienna, he read law and history and together with his father and younger brother Fritz he joined the Austrian Resistant Movement. In 1945 he founded the "European Forum Alpbach" where the ideas for a peacefully united Europe (cf. http://www.alpbach.org/) were promoted and discussed. From 1945 to 1960 and from 1970 to 1992 he was its president. Politically he was active for European integration by founding in 1959 Federalistic International (FI), which subsequently opened sections in Austria, Germany and Switzerland and other countries. He was also active in defending the independence of Taiwan by founding in the early 1970's an Committee for Chinese-European Co-operation. In the late 1990's OM reactivated the idea of a federalist European party by founding the European National Movement (ENM). The fonds comprises mainly material concerning OM's political and federalist activities (correspondence, minutes of founding meetings and those of the statutory bodies, membership lists, publicity material (poster, banners etc), preparatory material for elections etc.). It also contains material collated by OM for his publicist activities and correspondence in the framework of the "Internationales Komitee für Europäisch-Chinesische Zusammenarbeit", concerning Alpbach, the fonds comprises published brochures, lists of events and people attending them. Other sources: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molden http://www.afz.ethz.ch/handbuch/nachl/nachlaesseMoldenOtto.htm http://www.xn--enzyklopdie-s8a.de/Europ%c3%a4ische_F%c3%b6deralistische_Partei.html Open for consultation. According to the rules in force at the HAEU, fotoccopies are limited to 500 copies per year and reader. Language: GERMAN;ENGLISH © Historical Archives of the European Union 4 Otto Molden OM.01 The Alpbach European Forum 1945-1995 The European Forum Alpbach was founded by OM and S. Moser by organising from 25 of August to 10 of September 1945 a meeting of eighty Austrian, French, Suisse and American personalities representing various facets of society, in the little mountain township of Alpbach in Austria. OM went back on acquaintances of his activities in Switzerlands as resistant against Nazi domination. The meeting represented the first international cultural event after the war in Western Europe and was from the outset conceived as an intellectual and cultural center for European integration and federation. Its influence in this field in the following decades in Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria was considerable. Since 1945, every year congresses and meetings take place and Alpbach has obtained an eminent role as meeting place of European integration supporters and actors by becoming a center of intellectual, political and economic work. The files present in this subfonds consist in a collection of press cuttings and speeches given by OM and a file listing events held in Alpbach from 1945 onwards. Other sources: http://www.alpbach.org/ . OM: "Der andere Zauberberg: das Phänomen Alpbach: Persönlichkeiten und Probleme Europas im Spiegelbild geistiger Auseinandersetzung". Wien, New York, 1981. File: OM-13 1971 - 1991 Press Cuttings Collection of press cuttings, notably from Austrian newspapers, pertaining to the activities of Alpbach. Language:GERMAN;ENGLISH File: OM-30 1960 - 1993 Correspondence File containing letters received by OM on occasion of his resignation as president of the "Österreichisches College" in March 1960, the transfer of ownership certificate concerning Alpbach's real estate (May 1971), the "Löschungsquittung über den Hypothekarkredit" for the real estate Alpbach (October 1977), the authorisation to publish the musical poems by F. Farkas under the title "Hommage à Alpbach" in the "Edition Musica Budapest" (January and May 1978), an essay titled "Alpbacher Aha- Erlebnisse" [s.a., one page lacking] (22/05/1981), a quest for financial support for research projects "Europäisches Forum Alpbach 1990" introduced to the Austrian "Bundesminister für Wissenschaft und Forschung" (September 1990) and copy of a letter by K. Popper on occasion of OM's 75th birthday, in which Popper expresses his appreciation and gratitude for the work accomplished by OM in Alpbach (06/03/1993). Language:GERMAN;ENGLISH;FRENCH File: OM-31 1948 - 1995 Events organised in Alpbach Contains notably: "Vierte International Hochschulwochen Alpbach des Österreichischen College" (21/07 to 09/09/1948). "Scienza e Società: I colloqui nella Lukasstube" in: La Nuova Critica, Rivista di Scienze dell'Uomo e di Filosofia delle Scienze, Quaderno XXXV, 1973/III. "Der Zukunft verpflichtet. Alpbachs dreissigjähriges Ringen um die Gestaltung Europas" (04/09/1974). "Homage à Alpbach: vier Gesänge nach Gedichten von P. von Preradovic" (1979). "Menschen und Menschenrechte": Zeichnung zur unvollkommenen Gesellschaft" (1979). "Gedächnisausstellung Fritz Wotruba"" (1980). "Werner Scholz: Werke von 1930 bis 1980"" (1981). "Joseph Beuys" (1983). "Die steile Welt" in: Zeitmagazin, Nr. 8, 14/02/1986. "Krise der Moderne" Veränderungen in Kultur, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft": congress programme (20 to 31/08/1988). "Alpbacher Sommerhochschule 1992 für Europäische Integration" (09 to 26/08/1992). © Historical Archives of the European Union 5 Otto Molden "Dialogkongress 1992 Ukraine" (26 to 29/08/1992). "Das Ganze und seine Teile" (19/08 to 01/09/1995). "Das österreichische College: Gedanke und Weg" [s.d.]. Self-adhesive stickers, tissue flag (22 + 15 cm). Photograph of M. Dayan's visit to Alpbach [s.d.]. Language:GERMAN;ENGLISH;ITALIAN File: OM-34 1945 - 1995 Events organised in Alpbach Includes a personal collection of notes by OM on participants at social events, a list which details the event's title and describes them in a short abstract (1945 to 1980, 1993 and 1995), and the following items: "Food for a Doubling World Population" by H. Linnemann for the Club of Rome's conference held from 25 to 27/06/1975 (14/05/1975). "Eine neue Ära im Dialog zwischen Westeuropa und Schwarzafrika" held from 11 to 17/06/1978: list of participants, introductory speech [s.a.], press cuttings from Austrian newspapers, correspondence and 15 photographs. "Zu den gruppendynamischen Aufgaben und Möglichkeiten Alpbachs" by H.