RUDIGER, Ernst (Prince Starhemberg} - Between Hitler and Mussolini : Memoirs of ...... - (Hardcover)

This 1942 book is still in a surprisingly good condition - Very scarce - Memoirs of Ernst Rudiger prince Starhemberg. >>>  Born in Eferding, Upper Austria, in 1899, von Starhemberg hailed from a long line of Austrian nobles and inherited the title of prince.  In World War I he served on the Italian Front and then in 1921 was a member of Freikorps Oberland.  Seeking election to the Bundesrat, the representation of Austrian states (Länder) at age 21, Starhemberg became a proponent of Catholic and conservative politics and joined the Heimatschutz, quickly becoming a leader of one of its local branches.  He also became an admirer of Benito Mussolini and his Fascist government.  In the early 1920s, Starhemberg traveled to Germany and had contacts with the nascent Nazi movement.  Adolf Hitler actively used Starhemberg’s status as an Austrian noble to try to improve the party’s image and to attract wealthy and influential backers to its ranks.  After seeing the failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, Starhemberg became disenchanted with Nazism and returned to Austria.   * World War II * Second World War * Biography *

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