Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg

Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (May 10, 1899, Eferding -March 15, 1956, Schruns; Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg until the 1919 abolition of nobility) was an Austrian Fascist and politician prior to World War II. Ernst Rudiger von Starhamberg The copyright status of this vintage image is undetermined; it may still be copyrighted. ... Ernst Rudiger von Starhamberg The copyright status of this vintage image is undetermined; it may still be copyrighted. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. ... Schruns is the main village of the Montafon valley in Austria. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... As most of modern Austria used to be part of the Holy Roman Empire, the same system of nobility applied as in what is today Germany. ... Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, refers to the right-wing authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

Born in Eferding, Upper Austria, in 1899, von Starhemberg hailed from a long line of Austrian nobles and inherited the title of prince. As a young man, he became a proponent of right wing and authoritarian politics and joined the Heimwehr, quickly becoming a leader of one of its local branches. He also became a fervent admirer of Benito Mussolini and his Fascist government. In the early 1920s, Starhemberg traveled to Germany and joined the Nazi Party. Adolf Hitler actively used Starhemberg’s status as an Austrian noble to try to improve the party’s image and to attract wealthy, influential, and respectable backers to its ranks. After taking part in the failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, Starhemberg became disillusioned with Nazism and returned to Austria. Rejoining the Heimwehr, Starhemberg became its national director in 1930 and actively campaigned to turn Austria into a fascistic state. Eventually Starhemberg’s movement became powerful enough to threaten the government, and as such the chancellor tried to appease him by appointing him Minister of the Interior in September of 1930. Starhemberg lost his position shortly thereafter, however, when the Heimwehr’s political wing did poorly in Parliamentary elections and a branch of the Heimwehr attempted to seize hold of Vienna in 1931. Upper Austria (Ober sterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesl nder of Austria. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A prince (from the Latin princeps) is a male member of royalty or a royal family. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... The Heimwehr (German Home Guard) were a Nationalist, initially paramilitary grouping, operating within Austria during the 1920s and 1930s; they were similar in methods, organisation, and ideology to Germanys Freikorp. ... Benito Mussolini created a fascist state through the use of propaganda, total control of the media and disassembly of the working democratic government. ... Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, refers to the right-wing authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Referred to as the Roaring 20s. ... The Nazi swastika symbol The National Socialist German Workers Party ( German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945), a German politician who was the founder of the Third Reich (1933-1945), is widely regarded as one of the most significant and reviled leaders in world history. ... The Beer Hall Putsch occurred in the evening of Thursday, November 8 to early afternoon of Friday, November 9, 1923 when the nascent Nazi partys Führer Adolf Hitler, the popular World War I General Erich Ludendorff, and other leaders of the Kampfbund, unsuccessfully tried to gain power in Munich... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This article is about the city and federal state in Austria. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

When pro-fascist Engelbert Dollfuß became Chancellor of Austria in 1932, Starhemberg once again gained governmental power. At Dollfuß’s request, Starhemberg worked to combine a number of right wing groups into a single political entity. He was successful, and the result was the powerful Fatherland Front. For his efforts, Starhemberg became Dollfuß’s vice chancellor in May of 1934. When Dollfuß was assassinated two months later, Starhemberg became leader of the Fatherland Front. He also retained his position as vice chancellor under Kurt Schuschnigg, and became Minister of State Security as well. With these positions, Starhemberg was in effect the second most powerful man in Austria. During this time period, he worked to keep Austria an independent fascist state and fervently opposed the Austrian Nazi Party and their support of a union with Germany. In 1936, however, he was forced out of power by Schuschnigg, an anti-fascist who disagreed with Starhemberg’s radical ideas. After Austria was united with Germany in 1938, Starhemberg fled the country and served in the British and Free French air forces for a short period of time at the beginning of World War II. In 1942 he traveled to Argentina and lived there until 1955, after which time he returned to Austria. He died in Schruns in 1956. Engelbert Dollfuss Engelbert Dollfuss (German: Dollfuß) (October 4, 1892 - July 25, 1934) was an Austrian politician and dictator. ... The Federal Chancellor of Austria (Bundeskanzler) is the Austria. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... The Vaterländische Front (VF, English: Patriotic Front) was a right-wing Austrian political party. ... May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kurt von Schuschnigg (14 December 1897 - 18 November 1977) was an Austrian politician who in 1934 succeeded the assassinated Engelbert Dollfuss as dictator of Austria, as leader of the regime often called Austrofascism. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres in French) were French fighters who decided to go on fighting against Germany after the Fall of France and German occupation and to fight against Vichy France in World War II. General Charles de Gaulle was a member of the French Cabinet in... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Schruns is the main village of the Montafon valley in Austria. ... 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. ...