Patriotic Protection League

The Vaterländischer Schutzbund was a National Socialist organization in Austria .

It was founded in 1923 based on the Bavarian model, the name suggested by Walter Riehl . When it was founded, it was claimed that the Patriotic Protection League was intended to maintain order, and it was assumed that it could have 30,000 members in Austria. In fact, the organization had far fewer members, mostly young people, and functioned primarily as a police force for Nazi events. In 1933 the association was officially dissolved.

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• Connection from within In: The time . March 18, 1988

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Patriotic Protection League. In:  Innsbrucker Nachrichten , November 9, 1923, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
2. ↑ How the steward troops came about. In:  Reichspost , July 10, 1924, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
3. ↑ The Patriotic Protection League. In:  Innsbrucker Nachrichten , November 9, 1923, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
4. ^ The teachings of Mödling: two thirds of the swastika people were young people. In:  Neues 8-Uhr-Blatt , May 26, 1925, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).
5. ^ The dissolution of the NSDAP. In:  Salzburger Chronik für Stadt und Land / Salzburger Chronik / Salzburger Chronik. Tagblatt with the illustrated supplement “Die Woche im Bild” / Die Woche im Bild. Illustrated entertainment supplement to the “Salzburger Chronik” / Salzburger Chronik. Daily newspaper with the illustrated supplement “Oesterreichische / Österreichische Woche” / Österreichische Woche / Salzburger Zeitung. Tagblatt with the illustrated supplement “Austrian Week” / Salzburger Zeitung , June 20, 1933, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).