Die Tragödie Österreichs. Mit 54 dokumentarischen Illustrationen (Austria's Tragedy. With 54 Documentary Illustrations)
Genf: Observator, 1934. Second edition. Softcover. Quarto. 181pp., 15 plates. Original color-illustrated wraps with pink and white lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. "The Great International Questions." Report of a group of reporters traveling through Austria to investigate the true political state of affairs and its extraordinary meaning for the NS movement. Negating the official Austrian sources, contrary to the regular foreign correspondents, this group traveled through Austria blending with common people to catch a glimpse of the "true thinking" of the German-Austrian. The unnamed group suggests that this report is a truthful mirror of the deplorable situation in Austria, considering the Civil Uprising (Also referred to as The Austrian Civil War) in February of 1934 when Fascists and Socialists clashed, suggesting that the natural solution can only be accomplished through a public opinion poll.
This fascist work elaborates on the political situation of Austria in eleven chapter: Austria after the Treaty of Saint-German, the Dollfuss government, the dictatorship and its fight against National Socialism, the foreign policy of Dollfuss, Austrofascism, the political situation until the end of 1933, the socioeconomic situation, the significance of the NSDAP in Austria, the NSDAP in various Austrian states, the tragic year 1934, and Quo Vadis Austria? The book is well illustrated with b/w photographs showing fight and arrest of NS fighters, adventurous actions to place the Swastika in public places, the Tirol Gauleiter Hofer, National Socialists forced to handle demeaning work assignments, "Swastika graffiti" and various remote locations in the high mountains with Swastikas place under the threat of loss of life, as well as photographs documenting the clashes and their consequences. Text in German. Wraps with some wear along edges, small chips and creasing. Spine missing. Block lightly age-toned. Binding in fair to good-, interior in good+ condition. fair to g+. Item #47896
Price: $250.00