Austrian Civil War
By June 1933, Federal Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuß banned the Schutzbund, forcing it underground. On February 11, 1934, the Heimwehr commander in Vienna Emil Fey called for the disarmament of the Schutzbund. Upon raiding Hotel Schiff in Linz, the Linz Schutzbund commander Richard Bernaschek actively resisted, resulting in armed conflict known as the Austrian Civil War.
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