The resistance in Austria, 1938-1945 / Radomir V. Luza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luža, Radomír.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Austria.

World War, 1939-1945.

Austria--History--1938-1945.

Austria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Austrians were the first people outside the German Reich to fall under Hitler's rule, and they remained under the Nazi regime longer than any others. For modern Austria -- one of several states created with the collapse of the Habsburg Empire in 1918 -- the interwar years were marked by economic instability and political polarization; the idea of Anschluss -- unification with Germany -- appealed to many Austrians, even though it was expressly forbidden by the 1919 peace treaty. When Anschluss finally happened, in March 1938, it was imposed on Austria by Germany. The change of power went sm

Contents:

pt. 1. The first steps : the non-Marxist alternative

pt. 2. The left-wing Democratic alternative

pt. 3. The KPO in the Resistance : the communist cadres and the socialist rank and file

pt. 4. The Revival, 1943-1944

pt. 5. From conspiracy to armed action.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-341) and index.

ISBN:

9780816663538

081666353X

OCLC:

476162222