Engelbert Dollfuss
Engelbert Dollfuß (alternatively: Dolfuss, German: [ˈɛŋəlbɛɐ̯t ˈdɔlfuːs]; 4 October 1892 – 25 July 1934) was an Austrian politician who served as Chancellor of Austria between 1932 and 1934. Having served as Minister for Forests and Agriculture, he ascended to Federal Chancellor in 1932 in the midst of a crisis for the conservative government. This crisis culminated in the Self-elimination of the Austrian Parliament, a coup sparked by resignation of the presiding officers of the National Council. Suppressing the Socialist movement in the Austrian Civil War and later banning the Austrian Nazi Party, he cemented the rule of Austrofascism 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.
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Engelbert Dollfuss
Franz Winkler
Emil Fey
Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
Party established
Andreas Thaler
4 October 1892
Texing, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary
25 July 1934 (aged 41)
Vienna, Austria
Hietzinger Cemetery, Vienna, Austria
Fatherland Front (1933–1934)
Christian Social Party (until 1933)
Hannerl
Eva
Rudolf
- Josef Wenninger (father)
- Josepha Dollfuss (mother)
Austria-Hungary
1914–1918
Military Merit Cross 3rd Class
Military Merit Medal (2 times)Medal for BraveryKarl Troop Cross (2 times)Wound MedalIn literature[edit]
In Bertolt Brecht's 1941 play The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Dollfuss is represented by the character "Dullfeet".[32]
Gordon Brook Shepard wrote a book in 1961 detailing Dolfuss and his rise to power.