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Article: Gau, Volk, and Reich: Friedrich Rainer and the Paradox of Austrian National Socialism.(Book review)
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- Canadian Journal of History
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- December 22, 2006
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Gau, Volk, and Reich: Friedrich Rainer and the Paradox of Austrian National Socialism, by Maurice Williams. Klagenfurt, Verlag des Geschichtsvereines fur Karnten, 2005. 311 pp. 30.00 [euro].
Austrian National Socialism played a major role in the political life of Austria from the early 1930s until March 1938, when Austria became part of Nazi-controlled Germany and Austrian National Socialism was absorbed by its German big brother. In 1938, former Austrian National Socialists often took on new roles in Germany's new "Ostmark," and one such individual was Friedrich Rainer, who would earn the trust of Hitler and occupy key positions in that region of southern ...