Karl Renner
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Karl Renner was an Austrian politician and jurist of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria. He is often referred to as the "Father of the Republics" because he led the first government of th
Karl Renner in 1931
Monument to Karl Renner next to the Austrian Parliament on Ringstraße, Vienna, Austria
Monument to Karl Renner in Siegendorf, Burgenland
Allied-occupied Austria
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At the end of World War II in Europe, Austria was occupied by the Allies and declared independence from Nazi Germany on 27 April 1945, as a result of the Vienna offensive. The occupation ended when th
Karl Renner
…Porträt einer Evolution in Nachgelassene Werke, vol. 2, edited by Adolf Schärf, Vienna: Verlag der Wiener Volksbuchhandlung, 1953. Allied-administered Austria National personal autonomy…
Soviet soldiers taking down a Nazi sign in Austria
Elderly civilians in a "warming room" in the British zone of Vienna, c. 1945–47.
Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov (left) meeting Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab (right) in Moscow, April 1955