1. Lambert Ehrlich was a Carinthian Slovene Roman Catholic priest, political figure, and ethnologist.
11 Facts About Lambert Ehrlich
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Lambert Ehrlich attended secondary school in Klagenfurt and then studied theology in Innsbruck and in Rome.
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Lambert Ehrlich was ordained a priest in 1903 and received a doctorate in Innsbruck that year.
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Lambert Ehrlich first served as a curate in Villach, and then as a cathedral curate in Klagenfurt, an episcopal secretary, and a professor of theology in the University of Klagenfurt.
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Lambert Ehrlich was a leading figure in Catholic education in Carinthia.
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Lambert Ehrlich continued his studies in ethnology and comparative religion at the Sorbonne and in Oxford in 1920 and 1921.
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Lambert Ehrlich wrote numerous books and articles about the religious customs of the Australian Aborigines and about various ethnological and theological issues.
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Lambert Ehrlich was a church representative for the Slovenian High School Students' Union, the Academic Union, the Straza Catholic students' club, and the Marian Congregation of Academics.
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Lambert Ehrlich became the ideologue of the Straza club and edited the club's magazine Straza v viharju.
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Lambert Ehrlich suggested that the Italian authorities release innocent people held in prisons and camps, assist in rebuilding destroyed villages, and allow greater freedom of the press to promote anti-communist propaganda.
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Lambert Ehrlich was assassinated by the communist Security and Intelligence Service on 26 May 1942.