!!!Juliputsch 1934

July Putsch of 1934, an attempted Nazi coup in Austria, carried out 
with the knowledge of German government authorities. The July Putsch 
began on July 25 when 154 members of the SS, disguised as Austrian 
soldiers and policemen, attacked the Federal Chancellery. Federal 
chancellor E.  Dollfuss was fatally wounded by two shots. At the same 
time another group of rebels forced their way into the RAVAG 
broadcasting station in Vienna and broadcast a false bulletin that 
Dollfuss had handed over the reins of government to A.  Rintelen. This 
was intended as a signal for a revolt by National Socialists all over 
Austria, which led to a number of days of fighting in several parts of 
Upper Austria, Styria, and Carinthia ( Kollerschlag), as well as 
smaller-scale revolts in the province of Salzburg. After the revolt 
was put down, 13 rebels were executed, about 4,000 were interned in 
detention camps, and many fled to Yugoslavia. The battles cost 107 
lives on the government side and 140 among the rebels. 500-600 persons 
were wounded. In order to pass judgment on the accused, 1,934 military 
courts were convened on July 26, 1934.

!Literature
Die Juli-Revolte 1934, 1936; Die Erhebung der 
oesterreichischen National-Sozialisten im Juli 1934, %%sup 2/%1984; G. 
Jagschitz, Der Putsch, 1976.


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