The Christian Social Party was a major conservative political party in the Cisleithanian crown lands of Austria-Hungary and under the First Austrian Republic, from 1891 to 1934. The party was affiliat
Lueger (2nd from right) and CS party fellows, about 1905
The leaders of Austrian antisemitism: Prince Louis of Liechtenstein and Karl Lueger (L'Antijuif, 1899)
Antisemitic CS poster of 1920, depicting a Judeo-Bolshevik serpent choking the Austrian eagle; Text: "German Christians – Save Austria!"
Engelbert Dollfuss
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Engelbert Dollfuss was an Austrian politician and dictator who served as chancellor of Austria between 1932 and 1934. Having served as Minister for Forests and Agriculture, he ascended to Federal Chan
Christian Social Party (Austria)
…reform a coalition with the agrarian Landbund. In the process of establishing the so-called Austro-fascist dictatorship, Christian Social Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuß founded the Fatherland Front (Vaterländische Front) on 20 May 1933, merging the CS with the Landbund, Heimwehr and other conservative groups. The party…
Dollfuss in 1932
Dollfuss's birthplace in Texingtal
Chancellor Dollfuss in Geneva, 1933
Grave of Engelbert Dollfuss