Austrian Civil War, Austrofascism, and The Anschluss
Karl Marx-Hof was well known during the Februaraufstand (German: February Uprising) of the 1934 Österreichischer Bürgerkrieg (German: Austrian Civil War). Those engaged in the revolt barricaded themselves inside the building and were forced to surrender after the Austrian army, the police, and the Austrofascist paramilitary Heimwehr bombarded the site regardless of the unarmed dwellers, mainly worker families, with artillery. During the Anschluss, Karl Marx-Hof was renamed Heiligenstädter Hof, but took its original name back in 1945.
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