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Engelbert Dollfuss

Engelbert Dollfuss
Engelbert Dollfuss became Chancellor of Austria in 1932 and allied himself with the Heimwehr, a Fascist group supported by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Dollfuss dissolved parliament and outlawed all opposition shortly after being elected. He was assassinated in a Nazi uprising in 1934.
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