DICTATORSHIP IN AUSTRIA
DAVID VALCÁRCEL, JIMENA RIBAS, CLAUDIA PIMENTEL, IVONNE REYES
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
1919
FIRST AUSTRIAN REPUBLIC
1933
THE DICTATORSHIP IN AUSTRIA BEGINS
GERMANY TOOK AUSTRIAN TERRITORY
Beggining of Fisrt Republic
- Began after the Treaty of Saint- Germain in 1919
- They were forced to sepparate from Hungary and to become a republic by the treaty they were also forced to sign, since they had lost the war
- The president was elected for four years.
- No party achieved a parliamentary majority, so Austria was ruled by a coaliti9on between two conservative parties.
- This lasted up until 1932, when chancellor Dolfuss turned his government into a dictatorship
BEGINING OF FIRST REPUBLIC
BEGINNING
- Began when Chancellor Dolfuss turned his government into a dictatorship.
- It ended with the second world war
BEGINNING OF DICTATORSHIP
IDEOLOGY
- Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss Christian Social Party
20 May 1932 and moved the party and Austria towards dictatorship, centralisation and fascism, partly because fascist Italy was his strongest international ally against Germany.
Engelbert
Dollfuss
LEADER
Achievements during government
Historical evolution
HISTORICAL
EVOLUTION
Coalition
with
Socialdemocrat party
Alliance with Heimwehr movement
Before dictatorship
- First elections: 72/170 seats in parliament for Socialdemocrats + 69/170 seas for Socialchristians
- Coalition with Socialdemocrats
- Conservatives shoot: Heimwehr shoot republicans + two dead + no legal consequences + protests + burn the Justice Palace + 90 dead + 600 harmed + end of democracy
- Alliance with Heimwehr: instability and end of coalition in 1930
Dictatorship
- Start of regime: crisis in parliament + law that allowed governor to establish a regime + Dolfuss said parliament had "disolved" and didn't allow members to enter the congress.
- Dollfuss muerder: 154 members of austrian SS take the dictator + tries to escape + gets shot
- Austria's annexation: Hitler needs Austria to boost Germany's economy + Dollfuss' replacement (Schuschnigg) organizes a referendum but is not carried out because Hitler sends troops + Austria became German
AGENDA
Rural customs and traditions
Based on Catholic Church and
Italian Fascism
AGENDA
Avoided joining Nazi Germany
Eliminating liberalism to control income in Austria