The Dolfuss government, reworked (11 July) to concentrate the major powers in the hands of the head of the government, prepared to defend itself by instituting the death penalty against terrorists and holders of explosives. The Nazis responded with more threats and with the preparation of a real coup that should have led to the…
Tag: Austria
Austria History – The Austrian Republic from 1930 to 1938
The reform of the constitution, which came to fruition on December 7, 1929, did not satisfy anyone: a sense of disappointment, of unease, which was essentially of a moral nature, remained. In the economic field, Austria had made considerable progress since 1923, albeit with the help of foreign capital; in the moral field, on the…