History and chronology of Kurt von Schuschnigg in Austria

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Kurt von Schuschnigg History of Austria


1927	Election
Elected Member of Parliament
1932	Minister of Justice
Appointed Minister of Justice
1933	Minister of Education
Appointed Minister of Education
1934	Chancellor
25th July Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria, succeeds Dolfuss who was assassinated by the Nazis
1936	Alliance
Mar Austria, Hungary & Italy sign the Three Power Pact
11th July Austria agrees that her foreign policy would be determined as a "German State"
1936	Amnesty
11th July An amnesty is granted to Austrian NAZIs in prison
1936	Conscription
1st Oct Austria introduces conscription
1936	Diplomacy
Austria presses for Hungarys right to rearm to be allowed by the treaty of Versailles
Austria recognizes Italy's capture of Abyssinia
1936	Heimwehr
Vienna Abolishes the Heimwehr
1936	Treaty of St Germain
1st Oct Austria introduces conscription, breaking the treaty of St Germain
1938	Amnesty
16th Feb Vienna Austria announces an amnesty including those convicted of the murder of Dolfuss
1938	Anschluss
12th Feb Vienna Miklas refuses to honor Hitler's ultimatum but capitulates under threat of invasion
Mar Within days of the Anschluss squads of Nazis and Austrian museum personnel empty the Viennese palaces of the Rothschild brothers, Alphonse and Louis
9th Mar Vienna Kurt Schuschnigg defies the Nazis & calls for a referendum on independence
11th Mar Vienna Forced to drop the plebiscite on union with Germany
11th Mar Salzburg Germany closes the border at Salzburg
11th Mar Vienna Hitler threatens to invade Austria
11th Mar Vienna Rail traffic between is halted & German troops are massed on the frontier
12th Mar Germany invades Austria after the Austrian Nazi Party invite German troops to march in and the union becomes the Anschluss
12th Mar Belvedere Held prisoner by the Nazis in his villa in the grounds of Belvedere castle, 1938-1945
12th Mar The Nazis take over Austria and expel all Jews and other political opponents from the universities
1938	Arrest
12th Mar Belvedere Held prisoner by the Nazis in his villa in the grounds of Belvedere castle, 1938-1945
1938	Assassination
16th Feb Vienna Austria announces a Nazi amnesty, including those convicted of the murder of Dolfuss
1938	Diplomacy
12th Jan Vienna Austria recognizes the Franco government in Spain
Feb Vienna Hitler promises to defend all Germans outside the Reich
11th Feb Vienna Forced to amnesty Nazis in Austria & appoints Seyss -Inquart in the Cabinet
11th Feb Vienna Forced to lift the Austrian Nazi Party ban
11th Feb Berchtesgaden Visits Hitler at Berchtesgaden
12th Feb Vienna Schuschigg is forced by Hitler to agree an amnesty for imprisoned Austrian Nazis
1938	Invasion of Austria
12th Feb Miklas refuses to honor Hitler's ultimatum but capitulates under threat of invasion
11th Mar Hitler threatens to invade Austria
11th Mar Rail traffic between is halted & German troops are massed on the frontier
1938	Rebellion
24th Feb Graz About 20,000 Nazis invade Graz town square & raise the swastika
1938	Referendum
9th Mar Innsbruck Announces a plebiscite will be held in 4 days to determine the sovereignty of Austria
11th Mar Vienna A referendum to decide union with Germany is canceled after an ultimatum from Hitler
11th Mar Vienna Faced by German occupation agrees with President Miklas to call off the plebiscite
1938	Resignation
11th Mar Vienna Forced to resign by Hitler & have himself replaced by Seyss -Inquart as Chancellor
1938	Rule of Austria
12th Mar Germany invades Austria after the Austrian Nazi Party invite German troops to march in and the union becomes the Anschluss
1945	Arrest
7th May Obbacio Rescues from a POW camp at Prager Wildsee by the British 5th Army
1969	Publication
Publication of, "Im Kampf Gegen Hitler"