How The First Austrian Republic was Dissolved

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Today's episode is the first of a series about the authoritarian regime that took control over Austria in the 1930s. It discusses what challenges the First Austrian Republic faced, what the anti-democratic elements of the country looked like and how parliament was abolished from above in such a short time span.

Sources:
Carsten, Francis L.: Faschismus in Österreich. Von Schönerer zu Hitler, Munich 1978.
Meysels, Lucian O.: Der Austrofaschismus. Das Ende der ersten Republik und ihr letzter Kanzler, Vienna & Munich 1992.
Mittelmeier, Andreas: Austrofaschismus contra Ständestaat. Wie faschistisch war das autoritäre Regime im Österreich der 1930er Jahre verglichen mit Mussolinis Italien?, Saarbrücken 2010.
Tálos, Emmerich & Wenninger, Florian: Das autrofaschistische Österreich 1933-1938, Vienna 2017.
Wasserman, Janek: Black Vienna. The Radical Right in the Red City, 1918-1938, Ithaca & London 2014.

Music Used:
Hallen - Die Toteninsel
Wagner - Faust

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:38 Political Enemies
3:29 The Schattendorf Murders and the July Revolt
6:10 The Korneuburg Oath
7:27 Economic Issues
10:55 Erosion of Democratic Rights
15:02 The First Anti-Fascist Uprising
16:01 The May Constitution of 1934
17:32 End Card