Richard Steidle was an Austrian lawyer and the leader of the paramilitary Heimwehr in Tyrol. He was a leading representative of the pro-independence tendency on the far right of Austrian politics and
Steidle (middle), 1930
Steidle (bearded) accompanying Waldemar Pabst (carrying bouquet) on his entry to Austria from Italy, c. 1930
Walter Pfrimer was an Austrian lawyer, a nationalist politician and leader of the paramilitary Heimwehr in Styria. He was the leader of a failed putsch in 1931 and, though charged with treason, he was
Richard Steidle
…the Antisemitenbund in 1919. His newly moderated views caused some controversy within the Heimwehr and led to Steidle splitting from his former ally Walter Pfrimer, the regional leader in Styria and a staunch antisemite. In the early 1920s he advocated the union of Tyrol with Germany because of the increasingly…
Pfrimer (right) with Heimwehr leader Richard Steidle, c. 1930