Dollfuss, Engelbert
Dollfuss, Engelbert (1892–1934) Austrian statesman, chancellor (1932–34). Determined to preserve Austrian independence, he dissolved the National Socialist
(Nazi) Party, which had demanded union with Germany (1933), crushed a socialist rising, and assumed authoritarian powers. He was assassinated by Austrian Nazis in an unsuccessful coup.
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Austria's diminutive dictator: a right-wing Catholic who crushed all his rivals, Engelbert Dollfuss fought hard to maintain his young republic's independence. A.D. Harvey looks at the life of the tiny patriot of peasant stock who stood up to Hitler and asks what might have happened had he not been assassinated during the early days of the Nazi era.
Magazine article from: History Today; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...anniversary of the assassination of Engelbert Dollfuss, one of the least-known but...a few hours, but not before Dollfuss, shot through the chest in...to drown in his own blood. Engelbert Dollfuss became chancellor of Austria...
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The Austrian success story.
Magazine article from: World and I; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...inspired anti-Semitism. Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss outlawed the Austrian Nazi Party...all the more remarkable since Dollfuss was a close ally of Italy's...the Austrian socialists forced Dollfuss to put down an armed insurrection...
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Anniversary of Takeover Causes Rift in Austria; Role in Third Reich Hotly Debated
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/14/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...graders should say about chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, who was murdered by Austrian...People's Party still reveres Dollfuss as "Hitler's first victim...crushed in bloody street fighting on Dollfuss' orders, stress instead that...
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MEMORIAL DAY
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/28/1996; ; 237 words
; ...Austrian prime minister Dr. Engelbert Dollfuss was murdered by Austrian Nazis...a memorial day was held for Dollfuss until the entry of the Germans...Although the Nazis who murdered Dollfuss did not attain their aim, i...
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STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES BACKGROUND NOTE ON AUSTRIA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...shattered traditional Austrian society. In 1933, Engelbert Dollfuss formed a conservative autocracy. In February 1934...Socialists attempted a coup d'etat, assassinating Dollfuss. In March 1938, Germany occupied Austria and incorporated...
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- Remember, remember.(Remember, remember)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 11/24/2007; 700+ words
; ...and its democracy soon proved fragile. In 1933 Engelbert Dollfuss, chancellor of a right-of-centre government...in a brief but bloody civil war. Soon afterwards Dollfuss was assassinated during an abortive putsch by Austrian...
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Saturay, July 25
News Wire article from: AP Online; 7/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...occupy Damascus, Syria; Greeks under King Alexander occupy Adrianople in northwestern Turkey. 1934 - Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss is assassinated in unsuccessful Nazi coup attempt in Austria. 1943 - Benito Mussolini is forced to resign as prime...
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Evoking a life well lived, from prewar Vienna to ivory tower.(BOOKS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 6/27/2004; 700+ words
; ...grandfather, Richard Schueller, a dedicated civil servant, diplomat and former foreign secretary under Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, followed in July, walking across the Alps into Italy where a telegram from Benito Mussolini greeted him, announcing...
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Friday, July 25
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/18/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...occupy Damascus, Syria; Greeks under King Alexander occupy Adrianople in northwestern Turkey. 1934 - Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss is assassinated in unsuccessful Nazi coup attempt in Austria. 1943 - Benito Mussolini is forced to resign as prime...
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Tuesday, February 12
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/5/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...City. 1934 - More than 1,000 people are believed killed in clashes between the Austro-Fascist government of Engelbert Dollfuss and leftist workers. 1953 - Britain and Egypt agree to end Anglo-Egyptian rule of Sudan and take steps toward...
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Engelbert Dollfuss
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Engelbert Dollfuss The Austrian statesman Engelbert Dollfuss (1892-1934) served as chancellor of Austria from 1932 to 1934. Engelbert Dollfuss was born on Oct. 4, 1892, near Texing, Lower Austria...
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Dollfuss, Engelbert
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Dollfuss, Engelbert (1892–1934) Austrian statesman, Chancellor of Austria...of the Christian Socialist Party and Chancellor in 1932. From 1933 Dollfuss attempted to govern without Parliament in order better to oppose Austrian...
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Kurt von Schuschnigg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...He served (1932-34) as minister of justice and education and helped Engelbert Dollfuss repress the Social Democrats and organize the corporative state . After Dollfuss's assassination (1934) he became chancellor. In 1936, Schuschnigg...
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Karl Renner
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Assembly from April 1931 to March 1933, faded increasingly into the background and, during the fascist era of Engelbert Dollfuss, was branded a traitor and briefly imprisoned in 1934. Withdrawn in seclusion during the Nazi occupation and World...
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fascism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...n ) and elsewhere. A variation of fascism was the so-called clerico-fascist system set up in Austria under Engelbert Dollfuss . This purported to be based on the social and economic doctrines enunciated by Pope Leo XIII and Pope Pius XI...
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