The Archive · 1938

Fire Brigade Called

A crowd of 10,000 Nazis wildly greeted the appearance of a swastika og over the city hall of Graz in Styria Province, where Nazi demon-ions were particularly uproarious Police were unable to disperse the crowd and culled out the fire brigade for assistance, Shouting "Hell Hitler! Hell Hitler! continuously, the demonstrators halted the fire engines and decorated hem with swasti An additional 022 demonstrators were estimated ive in other parts of Aust The Federal Press Bi hile, denied Graz repor Kurt von Schuschnigg, Austrian Chancellor, had resigned, "Our Dr, Arthur Seys-Inquart, Home Minister, has become Federal Chancellor," the Graz report had stated. Dr, Seys-Inquart is one of Austria's foremost Nazis, elevated to his present Cabinet po: through n pressure on the austrian Govern nent,—United Press

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