Kurt Schuschnigg

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Kurt Schuschnigg was the Austrian chancellor in the 1930s who tried unsuccessfully to resist Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria before being forced to resign under pressure from Adolf Hitler.

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Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg 1
Kurt Schuschnigg Jr. 1
Kurt von Schuschnigg 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austrian person
human
lawyer
politician
academicDegree doctorate in law
authorOf Austrian Requiem
child Kurt Schuschnigg self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kurt Schuschnigg Jr.
countryOfCitizenship Austria
dateOfBirth 1897-12-14
dateOfDeath 1977-11-18
detainedIn Dachau
surface form: Dachau concentration camp

Flossenbürg concentration camp
Sachsenhausen concentration camp
educatedAt University of Freiburg NERFINISHED
University of Innsbruck
emigratedTo United States of America
employer Saint Louis University
endTime 1938-03-11
familyName Kurt Schuschnigg self-linksurface differs
surface form: Schuschnigg
fieldOfWork constitutional law
forcedToResignBy Adolf Hitler
givenName Kurt
headOfGovernmentOf Austria
ideology Austrofascism
imprisonedBy Nazi Germany
languageOfWorkOrName German
liberatedIn 1945
memberOf Austrian Parliament
memberOfPoliticalParty Fatherland Front
name Kurt Schuschnigg self-link
notableEvent Anschluss of Austria
surface form: Anschluss
notableFor attempting to preserve Austrian independence before the Anschluss
occupation lawyer
politician
university teacher
office Federal Chancellor of Austria
surface form: Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria
opposedBy Adolf Hitler
Nazi Germany
placeOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Riva del Garda
County of Tyrol
surface form: Tyrol
placeOfDeath Austria
Innsbruck
County of Tyrol
surface form: Tyrol
positionHeld Chancellor of Austria
precededBy Engelbert Dollfuss
religion Roman Catholic
sexOrGender male
spouse Herma Schuschnigg
Herma Schuschnigg
surface form: Vera Schuschnigg
startTime 1934-07-29
succeededBy Arthur Seyss-Inquart
workedAs professor of law

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Kurt Schuschnigg child Kurt Schuschnigg self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kurt Schuschnigg Jr.
Kurt Schuschnigg familyName Kurt Schuschnigg self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Schuschnigg
this entity surface form: Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg
University of Würzburg hasNotableAlumnus Kurt Schuschnigg
this entity surface form: Kurt von Schuschnigg
Wilhelm Miklas headOfGovernment Kurt Schuschnigg
Anschluss of Austria keyFigure Kurt Schuschnigg
Kurt Schuschnigg name Kurt Schuschnigg self-link
Anschluss of Austria opposedBy Kurt Schuschnigg