The Republikanischer Schutzbund was an Austrian paramilitary organisation established in 1923 by the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria to defend the Austrian Republic in the face of rising p
Julius Deutsch, one of the founders of the Republikanischer Schutzbund
Protesters in front of the burning Palace of Justice during the July Revolt of 1927
Walter Pfrimer (right) with Heimwehr leader Richard Steidle, about 1930
Republikanischer Schutzbund men on the march in 1930
The Austrian Civil War of 12–15 February 1934, also known as the February Uprising or the February Fights, was a series of clashes in the First Austrian Republic between the forces of the authoritaria
Soldiers of the Austrian Federal Army in Vienna, 12 February 1934
Federal Army soldiers take position in front of the Vienna State Opera
Memorial stone for a police officer killed on 12 February 1934 in Linz during the civil war
Memorial to the victims and fighters at the place where the civil war started, in the courtyard of the Hotel Schiff in Linz