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Alone against Hitler : Kurt von Schuschnigg's fight to save Austria from the Nazis /

Alone Against Hitler tells the lesser-known but pivotal story of former Austrian Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg. As one of the first leaders to defy Adolf Hitler during the build-up to World War II, his is a story of lasting importance. Though young and untested upon entering office, von Schuschnig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bray, Jack (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2020]
Subjects:
Schuschnigg, Kurt, > 1897-1977.
Austria > Politics and government > 1918-1938.
World War, 1939-1945 > Austria.
Statesmen > Austria > Biography.
National socialism > Austria > Vienna.
Table of Contents:
  • Coming to power
  • Sarajevo in Vienna
  • Threats to the independence of Austria
  • Thirty days from pariah to dictator
  • Parliament dissolved
  • Schuschnigg and the Jewish question
  • The solace of music
  • Hitler's intermediaries with Austria
  • Ambush at Berchtesgaden
  • "Leo is ready to travel"
  • Swallowed by the beast
  • The clutches of the Gestapo
  • The "dirty business": execution
  • The best days.