Alwine Dollfuß (née Glienke; 12 February 1897 – 25 February 1973) was the wife of former
Austrian chancellor
The chancellor of the Republic of Austria () is the head of government of the Austria, Republic of Austria. The position corresponds to that of Prime minister, Prime Minister in several other parliamentary democracies.
Current officeholder is ...
Engelbert Dollfuß
Engelbert Dollfuß (alternatively: ''Dolfuss'', ; 4 October 1892 – 25 July 1934) was an Austrian clerical fascist politician who served as Chancellor of Austria between 1932 and 1934. Having served as Minister for Forests and Agriculture, he a ...
. At the time of his murder, she was in Italy with
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...
, who allowed her the use of his private plane to hurry back to Austria. She is buried in
Hietzinger Cemetery
The Hietzing Cemetery is a cemetery in Hietzing, the 13th district of Vienna.
Notable burials (selection)
* Alban Berg (1885–1935), composer
* Jean-Baptiste Clery (1759–1809), valet to King Louis XVI
* Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852 ...
next to her husband, and two of her children; Hannerl and Eva. She was also satirized in
Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...
's ''
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'' (german: Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui, links=no), subtitled "A parable play", is a 1941 play by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. It chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago m ...
'' 1941 as the character 'Betty Dullfeet'.
Dollfuß lived for a time after 1946 in
Truro, Nova Scotia
Truro (Mi'kmaq: ''Wagobagitik''; Scottish Gaelic: ''Truru'') is a town in central Nova Scotia, Canada. Truro is the shire town of Colchester County and is located on the south side of the Salmon River floodplain, close to the river's mouth at ...
in Canada together with her two children, before leaving in 1957.
Salzburger Nachrichten
The ''Salzburger Nachrichten'' is a German language daily newspaper published in Salzburg, Austria. It has been in circulation since 1945.
History and profile
''Salzburger Nachrichten'' was established in 1945 by the American forces occupying Au ...
, April 8, 1946 p.
source
her son Rudi Dollfuß remained in Canada lifelon
p 192
in thesis (history): ''„Denn ein Engel kann nicht sterben“. Engelbert Dollfuß 1934-2012: Eine Biographie des Posthumen,'' by Lucile Dreidemy, University of Strasbourg
The University of Strasbourg (french: Université de Strasbourg, Unistra) is a public research university located in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, with over 52,000 students and 3,300 researchers.
The French university traces its history to the ea ...
, 2012 (in German). Alwines daughter Eva (1928–1993) stayed in Canada up to 1955, ibid. p 262
References
*Walterskirchen, Gudula ''Engelbert Dollfuß, Arbeitermörder oder Heldenkanzler'' (Vienna: Molden Verlag, 2004)
*Allinson, Mark ''Austrian Studies, Vol.14, No.1'', 1 October 2006
*Dollfuß, Eva ''Mein Vater - Hitlers erstes Opfer'' (Vienna: Amalthea Verlag, 1994)
External links
Dollfuss family
1897 births
1973 deaths
Immigration to Canada
Spouses of national leaders
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