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Dollfuss

American  
[dawl-foos] / ˈdɔl fus /

noun

  1. Engelbert 1892–1934, Austrian statesman: premier 1932–34.


Dollfuss British  
/ ˈdɔlfuːs /

noun

  1. Engelbert (ˈɛŋəlbɛrt). 1892–1934, Austrian statesman, chancellor (1932–34), who was assassinated by Austrian Nazis

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Mises, an economist who in the early 1930s had advised the Austrofascist chancellor of Austria, Engelbert Dollfuss, settled in the U.S. in 1940.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2024

So far so good, but the next step brought the Dollfuss government smack up against a great and solid mass, the Socialists of Vienna.

From Time Magazine Archive

One was the assassination of Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss by local Nazis in 1934, part of a coup that failed.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is probably the best of his books, certainly the best since Inside Europe, which had some excellent eyewitness reporting of Austria in the turbulent days of Dollfuss.

From Time Magazine Archive

As to the party of protest in the Reichstag itself, formerly headed by the late Jean Dollfuss, I was assured that it had ceased to exist.

From East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

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