Mitchison, Naomi. You May Well Ask: A Memoir 1920-1940. Gollancz, 1979.
187-8, 191, 193-5
Engelbert Dollfuss
Standard Name: Dollfuss, Engelbert
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary Setting | Rose Allatini | In the first of these, RA
reverted to an early practice of writing about recent, and threatening, international politics. Waters' Meet opens with Philippa Langford, nearly forty, good-naturedly escorting (as stand-in for a glamorous and... |
| politics | Naomi Mitchison | Her next political fact-finding trip was the one to Vienna undertaken after the violence inflicted by the Fascist Dollfuss
government in February 1934. Benton, Jill. Naomi Mitchison: A Biography. Pandora, 1992. 84-5, 97-9 |
Timeline
Mid-February 1934
Martial law was declared in Vienna following Nazi terrorist incidents, a demonstration of peasants in support of the coalition government of Engelbert Dollfuss
, and the taking up of arms by Socialists.
25 July 1934
In the words of The Times, the courageous little Chancellor of Austria, Engelbert Dollfuss
, died of wounds sustained during a raid on his residence by Nazi
terrorists in a bid to overthrow the government.