Austrian Civil War many hundreds suffered injury. Surprisingly, the violence soon died down and the factions took their battle from the streets back into the political institutions. However, the travails of the First Republic only got worse in the following years. The Great Depression also showed its effects in Austria, resulting in high unemployment and massive inflation. In addition, from 1933 — the year Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany — National Socialist sympathisers (who wanted a unification of Austria with Hitler's Germany) threatened the Austrian state from within. On 4 March 1933, Christian Social Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuß suspended the Austrian Parliament. In
Christian Party of Austria Christian Party of Austria The Christian Party of Austria (, CPÖ; formerly the Christians – ) is a minor political party in Austria, founded on October 15, 2005. It changed its name under its new chairman Rudolf Gehring in late 2009, partially due to concerns by the Catholic Church over the use of the term "Christians" to mean only the party. The party was registered on January 23, 2006, and presented to the public on September 27, 2007, when it announced a popular initiative ("Volksbegehren") on the topic of children and families and that it would contest the 2008 election