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If you like my videos and want to make sure that I make more of them, you can support me here: https://ko-fi.com/sirmanatee 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