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Kurt Schuschnigg

Chancellor of Austria (1897-1977)

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Kurt Schuschnigg

Chancellor of Austria (1897-1977)

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Kurt Alois Josef Johann von Schuschnigg was a Slovene-Austrian politician who was the Chancellor of the Federal State of Austria from the 1934 assassination of his predecessor Engelbert Dollfuss until the 1938 Anschluss with Nazi Germany. Although Schuschnigg considered Austria a "German state" and Austrians to be Germans, he was strongly opposed to Adolf Hitler's goal to absorb Austria into the Third Reich and wished for it to remain independent.

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Occupation: jurist, politician, diplomat, pedagogue
Position held: member of the National Council of Austria, Federal Chancellor of Austria, Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria, Federal Minister of Justice
Citizenship: United States, Austria, Cisleithania
Born: December 15, 1897, December 14, 1897
Died: November 18, 1977

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Vera von Schuschniggspouse Herma Schuschniggspouse Maria Dolores Edle von Schuschniggchild Artur Edler von Schuschniggfather Anna Josefa Amalia Wopfnermother Arthur Schuschniggsibling

Fatherland Frontpolitical party Christian Social Partypolitical party Saint Louis Universityemployer member of the National Council of Austriaposition held Federal Chancellor of Austriaposition held Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austriaposition held

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Kurt Alois Josef Johann von Schuschnigg was a Slovene-Austrian politician who was the Chancellor of the Federal State of Austria from the 1934 assassination of his predecessor Engelbert Dollfuss until the 1938 Anschluss with Nazi Germany. Although Schuschnigg considered Austria a "German state" and Austrians to be Germans, he was strongly opposed to Adolf Hitler's goal to absorb Austria into the Third Reich and wished for it to remain independent.

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Occupation: jurist, politician, diplomat, pedagogue
Position held: member of the National Council of Austria, Federal Chancellor of Austria, Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria, Federal Minister of Justice
Citizenship: United States, Austria, Cisleithania
Born: December 15, 1897, December 14, 1897
Died: November 18, 1977

Family

Vera von Schuschniggspouse Herma Schuschniggspouse Maria Dolores Edle von Schuschniggchild Artur Edler von Schuschniggfather Anna Josefa Amalia Wopfnermother Arthur Schuschniggsibling

Fatherland Frontpolitical party Christian Social Partypolitical party Saint Louis Universityemployer member of the National Council of Austriaposition held Federal Chancellor of Austriaposition held Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austriaposition held