Ausgewandert: Von der badischen Backstube zum Minister in Kanada

Born in Germany, Franz Oberle moved to Poland at 9, escaping a Nazi program to survive on grass and eggs over an 800km trek back to his village, only to face rejection. Emigrating to Canada at 19, he became Frank Oberle, finding success as a logger, mayor, and MP for Prince George-Peace River. His political journey peaked as the first German-born federal Cabinet Minister in Canada, marking a remarkable tale of resilience and achievement.

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Frank Oberle, geboren 1932 in Forchheim/Baden, wanderte 1951 nach Kanada aus. Dort arbeitete er als Holzfäller, Goldgräber, Rancher und Entrepreneur, bevor er politisch Karriere machte. Während sechs aufeinanderfolgenden Legislaturperioden war er Abgeordneter Kanadischen Parlament. Als Premierminister Brian Mulroney ihm 1985 das Wissenschaftsministerium übertrug, wurde Frank Oberle Kanadas erster deutschstämmiger Bundesminister. Vier Jahre später, als Forstwirtschaftsminister, kämpfte Oberle überzeugt gegen die Kahlschlagpraktiken der Forstindustrie und forderte eine nachhaltige Bewirtschaftung des Waldes. Er erhielt 1992 den kanadischen Forestry Achievement Award und war Gründungsmitglied des Kanadischen Instituts für Höhere Forschung. Frank Oberle lebt heute mit seiner Frau Hanna (Joan) in Nanoose Bay, British Columbia/Kanada.
The German-language translation of the autobiography of Frank Oberle, born Franz, in Mörsch, Germany. At age nine he relocated with his parents to Poland where, having been placed within a Nazi youth indoctrination program, he fled the Russian advance and survived on grass and stolen eggs. He walked 800 kilometres to his ancestral village on the edge of the Black Forest, only to be rejected by his remaining family. He emigrated to Canada at age 19, then sent for his teenage sweetheart. As Frank Oberle, he became a logger, a gold miner and a rancher, then a municipal mayor, then an MP for Prince George-Peace River. His twenty-year political career culminated in a Cabinet appointment in 1985 as the first federal Minister of State for Science and Technology, followed by a stint as Minister of Forestry. From his home base in the new community of Chetwynd, Oberle was later elevated by Brian Mulroney to become the first German-born federal cabinet minister.

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