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
Dollfuss in 1932
Dollfuss's birthplace in Texingtal
Chancellor Dollfuss in Geneva, 1933
Grave of Engelbert Dollfuss
July Putsch
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The July Putsch was a failed coup d'état in Austria against the Fatherland Front government of Engelbert Dollfuss by Austrian Nazis from 25 to 30 July 1934.
Engelbert Dollfuss
…the Austrian Nazi Party, he cemented his rule through the First of May Constitution in 1934. Later that year, Dollfuss was assassinated as part of a failed coup attempt by Nazi agents. His successor Kurt Schuschnigg maintained the regime until Adolf Hitler's Anschluss in 1938. Dollfuss was born to a poor, lower middle-class peasant…
Police car at Ballhausplatz outside the Chancellery building in Vienna, 25 July 1934