History of Austria to massive protests and a fire at the "Justizpalast" in Vienna. In the July Revolt of 1927, 89 protesters were killed by the Austrian police forces. Political conflict escalated until the early 1930s. The elections of 1930 which returned the Social Democrats as the largest bloc turned out to be the last till after World War II. On 20 May 1932, Engelbert Dollfuß, Christian Social Party Agriculture Minister became Chancellor, with a majority of one. Dollfuss and the Christian Social Party, moved Austria rapidly towards centralized power in the Fascist model. He was concerned that German National Socialist leader Adolf
Archduke Carl Christian of Austria Archduke Carl Christian of Austria Archduke Carl Christian of Austria (; born 26 August 1954 at Château de Belœil in Belœil, Belgium) is a Belgian aristocrat and a member of the formerly ruling Austro-Hungarian House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He is the third child of Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria and his wife, Princess Yolande de Ligne. In 1983, Carl Christian, along with his children, were incorporated by King Baudouin into the Belgian nobility with the title and style of "HSH Prince/sse de Habsbourg-Lorraine". To this day, they are considered, together with his cousin Archduke Lorenz and his brother Archduke Rudolf, the