German nationalism in Austria an independent Austria, rejected his merger proposal, Strasser said "Don't talk to me about Austria. There is no Austria ... there was once a living corpse which called itself Austria ... that this Austria collapsed in 1918 was a blessing ... particularly for the German people, who were thereby given the chance to create a Greater Germany." After this, tensions between the Nazis and Austrofascists worsened, culminating in the July Putsch of 1934, when Nazis attempted to overthrow the government. Whilst they managed to assassinate chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, the putsch was quickly crushed by the police, army, and Heimwehren. In
Christian National Socialist Front to the four won by the EKP. Christian National Socialist Front The Christian National Socialist Front (, KNSZF) was a far-right political party in Hungary during the late 1930s. The party was formed in 1937 as a breakaway from the new United Christian Party (EKP), which had been established as a merger of the Christian Economic and Social Party, the Christian Opposition and the National Legitimist Party earlier in the year. At the time of the 1939 elections it had five MPs, including Károly Maróthy-Meizler. The elections saw the party finish ahead of the EKP in terms of vote share,