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The Austrian resistance was launched in response to the rise of the fascists across Europe and, more specifically, to the Anschluss in 1938 and resulting occupation of Austria by Germany. An estimated 100,000 people [ 1 ] were reported to have participated in this resistance with thousands subsequently imprisoned or executed for their anti ...
The Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (DÖW) was established in 1963. Its main topics deal with research concerning resistance and persecution from 1938 until 1945, exile, Nazi crimes, right-wing extremism after 1945, and victims' reparations. Its main seat is located in the former town hall of Vienna on Wipplingerstraße.
The Austrian resistance groups were often ideologically separated and reflected the spectrum of political parties before the war. In addition to armed resistance groups, there was a strong communist resistance group, groups close to the Catholic Church, Habsburg groups and individual resistance groups in the German Wehrmacht.
Heinrich Maier was born on 16 February 1908 at Großweikersdorf.His father, also named Heinrich Maier, was an official on the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways.His mother Katharina Maier, born Giugno (apparently from the Italian-speaking part of Austria-Hungary), [5] was the daughter of a policeman.
Josef "Sepp" Gangl (September 12, 1910 – May 5, 1945) was a German major of the Wehrmacht who became a member of the Austrian Resistance very late in the Second World War. He was killed in action on May 5, 1945, at Itter Castle , Tyrol .
Karl Fischer (1918–1963) was an Austrian resistance fighter against the Austro-fascist state between 1934—1938 and the Nazi state as of 1938. Fischer was a Trotzkyan communist, whose anti-Stalin leanings led in 1947 to his long-term, illegal imprisonment in Soviet gulags. [1]
“You can do a variety of exercises using resistance bands such as bicep curls, shoulder press, chest press, squats, and many more.” 9 Resistance Band Exercises for Beginners That Will Still ...
During the Vienna offensive of the Red Army between March and April 1945, the Austrian resistance groups in the army launched the Operation Radetzky [de; es; fr] led by major Carl Szokoll, a plot to surrender Vienna to the Red Army and therefore save it from destruction. Although the plot had failed, Szokoll survived, and the city only saw ...