!!!Berger-Waldenegg, Egon

b. Vienna, Feb. 14, 1880, 
d. Graz (Styria), Sept. 12, 1960, law scholar, politician (Heimwehr), 
landowner. From 1902 in the administration of Lower Austria, 1907-1918 
(with exception of the war years 1914-1916) at the Foreign Ministry, 
1929 joined the Styrian Heimatschutz (para-military force), 1931 
involved in the coup known as  Pfrimer-Putsch, later joined E. R.  
Starhemberg. 1934 deputy Landeshauptmann of Styria, on July 10, 1934 
appointed Justice Minister by E. Dollfuss (until October 1935); on 
July 25, 1934 placed the para-military Heimatschutz movement 
throughout Austria on alert against potential aggression from the 
National Socialists; from August 3, 1934 to May 14, 1936 Foreign 
Minister. 1936-1938 Austrian envoy to Rome, stayed in Italy after the  
Anschluss, took Italian citizenship, 1944 founded an "Austrian Bureau" 
in Rome. 1948 returned to Austria in a private capacity.

!Literature
W. Wiltschek, Die Heimwehr, 1985; E. and H. Berger von 
Waldenegg, Biographie im Spiegel - Die Memoiren zweier Generationen, 
1998.



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