The Vaterländische Front (VF, English: Patriotic Front) was a right-wing Austrian political party. It was founded in 1933 by Engelbert Dollfuss to collect all "loyal Austrians" under one banner. After the prohibition of all other political parties, the VF held a monopolistic position in Austrian politics. It had both a civilian and military divisions.
In spite of the efforts of Dollfuss, the VF never became a mass movement. By the end of 1937 it had 3 million members (with 6.5 million inhabitants of Austria), but only a few party loyalists held genuine allegiance; it could not win the support of its political opponents (from the circles of the SDAPÖ and the NSDAP).
The symbol of the VF was the crutch cross (Kruckenkreuz), and its official greeting was Front heil!.
All Quiet on the Western Front may be the definitive anti-war film, not for the Great War alone, but all wars.
When it was published in 1929, it swiftly became the best selling novel of the 20th century, although the complete text was not available in the US until 1975.
It was banned in Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and New Zealand.
The Vaterländische Front (VF, English: PatrioticFront) was a right-wing Austrian political party.
By the end of 1937 it had 3 million members (with 6.5 million inhabitants of Austria), but only a few party loyalists held genuine allegiance; it could not win the support of its political opponents (from the circles of the SDAPÖ and the NSDAP).
The symbol of the VF was the crutch cross (Kruckenkreuz), and its official greeting was Front heil!
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