Austrofascism

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Austrofascism was an authoritarian, nationalist, and corporatist political system that ruled Austria in the 1930s, characterized by its Catholic conservatism, suppression of democracy, and opposition to both Nazism and socialism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf authoritarian political system ⓘ
far-right ideology ⓘ
interwar political movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Austrian corporate state ⓘ
Ständestaat ⓘ
basedOn Catholic social teaching ⓘ
papal encyclicals Rerum Novarum and Quadragesimo Anno ⓘ
cameToPowerBy Austrian Civil War of February 1934 ⓘ
linked to: Austrian Civil War

dissolution of parliament in 1933 ⓘ
characteristic banning of opposition parties ⓘ
censorship of the press ⓘ
cult of the state and nation ⓘ
strong role for the Catholic Church in public life ⓘ
use of political imprisonment ⓘ
constitution May Constitution of 1934 ⓘ
country Austria ⓘ
created corporatist chambers representing professions and economic sectors ⓘ
state-controlled labour front ⓘ
distinguishedFrom German Nazism ⓘ
Italian Fascism ⓘ
linked to: Fascist Italy
endDate 1938 ⓘ
endedBy Anschluss ⓘ
foreignPolicyGoal maintain Austrian independence from Nazi Germany ⓘ
governmentForm Ständestaat (corporate state) ⓘ
headOfState Wilhelm Miklas NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology Catholic conservatism ⓘ
anti-Nazism ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
anti-liberalism ⓘ
anti-parliamentarism ⓘ
anti-socialism ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
clerical fascism ⓘ
corporatism ⓘ
nationalism ⓘ
keyLeader Engelbert Dollfuss ⓘ
Kurt Schuschnigg ⓘ
opposedBy Austrian Nazis ⓘ
Austrian Social Democrats ⓘ
Austrian communists ⓘ
politicalSystem one-party state ⓘ
rulingParty Fatherland Front ⓘ
stateReligionOrientation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
supportedBy Austrian Catholic Church hierarchy ⓘ
Heimwehr (right-wing paramilitary) ⓘ
linked to: Freikorps soldiers
suppressed Austrian Nazi Party ⓘ
Communist Party of Austria ⓘ
Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
trade unions ⓘ
timePeriod 1933–1938 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kurt Schuschnigg → ideology → Austrofascism ⓘ
Austrian President → suspendedDuring → Austrofascism period (1934–1938) ⓘ
linked to: Austrofascism
Federal Constitutional Law of Austria → suspendedDuring → Austrofascist regime ⓘ
linked to: Austrofascism
Wilhelm Miklas → significantEvent → Austrofascist regime ⓘ
linked to: Austrofascism
Fatherland Front → ideology → Austrofascism ⓘ
Engelbert Dollfuss → ideology → Austrofascism ⓘ
Austrian Civil War → mainBelligerent → Austrofascist government of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austrofascism
Austrian Civil War → relatedTo → Austrofascism ⓘ
Christian Social Party → bannedBy → Austrofascist regime ⓘ
linked to: Austrofascism
Red Vienna housing schemes → opposedBy → Austrofascist regime ⓘ
linked to: Austrofascism
Kruckenkreuz → usedBy → Austrofascist regime of Kurt Schuschnigg ⓘ
linked to: Austrofascism
Kruckenkreuz → associatedWith → Austrofascism ⓘ
Ständestaat → ideology → Austrofascism ⓘ
Ständestaat → alsoKnownAs → Austrofascist state ⓘ
subject linked to: Ständestaat (corporate state)
linked to: Austrofascism
May Constitution of 1934 → ideology → Austrofascism ⓘ
July Putsch → politicalContext → Austrofascism ⓘ
Alwine Dollfuss → politicalAlignment → Austrofascism ⓘ
Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg → politicalMovement → Austrofascism ⓘ
subject linked to: Ernst Rüdiger
Austrian Fatherland Front → ideology → Austrofascism ⓘ