Constitution of Austria
Suspends Parliament & assumes dictatorial powers to prevent the Nazis coming to power
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1933 in Austria
Explore 24 historical events and records for Austria in 1933.
Historical records for Austria in 1933
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March
Dissolution of Parliament
Suspends Parliament & assumes dictatorial powers to prevent the Nazis coming to power
June
NSDAP
Dolfuss bans the Nazi Party in Austria
July
Germany makes its 1st propaganda leaflet drop over Austria denouncing Dollfuss
Germany makes its 1st propaganda leaflet drop over Austria denouncing Dollfuss
August
Austrian Nazi Party Suppressed
Moves to Bavaria as Austrian Nazi activity is restricted.
Leaves Austria for Germany
Leaves Austria after the Nazi Party is suppressed.
Joins Austrian Legion
Joins the Austrian Legion in Bavaria.
Military Training in Germany
Receives several months of military training with Austrian Nazis.
September
Death of Paul Ehrenfest
Death of Paul Ehrenfest
October
Arrest of Rudolf Dertil
Arrested & imprisoned for 5 years for attempting to assassinate Chancellor Dollfuss
Plot
Dertil attemps to assassinate Chancellor Dollfuss as he leaves the Parliament building
Plot
Dertil attemps to assassinate Chancellor Dollfuss as he leaves the Parliament building
November
Demonstrations
Nazis cut off power where Dolffuss is speaking in Klagenfurt
Other events (month unknown)
Colonel
Appointed Colonel in the General Staff Academy
Constitution of Austria
Suppresses a Socialist revolt & rules by decree
Exile of Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrodinger
Schrodinger decides to leave Germany; he disliked the Nazis anti-semitism
Exile of Franz Hofer
Mussolini refuses to extradite Hofer, he travels to Germany & is treated as a hero
Fellow
Becomes a Fellow of Magdalen College at the University of Oxford
Minister of Education
Appointed Minister of Education
Nobel Lecture on Wave Mechanics
Presents his Nobel lecture on wave mechanics and explains the development and physical meaning of the new quantum formalism.
Nobel Prize
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries in atomic theory and quantum mechanics.
Nobel Prize Shared with Paul Dirac
Shares the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with Paul Dirac for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory.
Plot
Franz Hofer attempts to assassinate Dr Steidle, leader of the anti-Nazi Heimwehr Party
Vice Chancellor
Appointed Vice Chancellor
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