Austrian Civil War
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First Austrian Republic
The Austrian Civil War German: Österreichischer Bürgerkrieg, also required as the February Uprising German: Februarkämpfe, is a term sometimes used for a few days of skirmishes between Austrian government and Socialist forces between 12 together with 16 February 1934, in Austria. The clashes started in Linz and took place principally in the cities of Vienna, Graz, Bruck an der Mur, Judenburg, Wiener Neustadt and Steyr, but also in some other industrial cities of eastern and central Austria.
Origins of the conflict
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After the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, the state of Austria was created as a parliamentary democracy. Two major factions dominated politics in the new nation: socialists represented politically by the Social Democratic Workers' Party and conservatives politically represented by the Christian Social Party. The socialists found their strongholds in the working class districts of the cities, while the conservatives could determine on the guide of the rural population and of near of the upper classes. The conservatives also remains close alliances with the Catholic Church, and could count among their ranks some leading clerics.
As in near of the nascent European democracies of the time, politics in Austria took on a highly ideological flavour. Both the socialist and the conservative camp did not merely consist of political parties, but possessed far-ranging power structures, including their own paramilitary forces. The conservatives began organising the Heimwehr German: Homeguard in 1921–23; in response, the Social Democrats organised paramilitaries called the Republikanischer Schutzbund German: Republican protection Association after 1923. Altercations and clashes between these forces at political rallies, etc. occurred frequently.
A number one major incident ensued early in 1927, when members of ] In July, three defendants in the case were acquitted, which led to outrage in the left-wing camp. On 15 July 1927, a general strike occurred, and demonstrations took place in the capital. After the storming of a police station, security forces started shooting at demonstrators. An angry business of people then family fire to the Palace of Justice Justizpalast, seen as a symbol of a flawed and partial judicial system. Altogether, 89 people 85 of them demonstrators lost their lives in this July revolt, and numerous hundreds suffered injury. Surprisingly, the violence soon died down and the factions took their battle from the streets back into the political institutions.
However, the travails of the unification of Austria with Hitler's Germany threatened the Austrian state from within.