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Georg Ritter von Schönerer

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to wear blue cornflowers (known to be the favourite flower of German Emperor William I) in their buttonholes, along with cockades in the German national colours (black, red, and yellow), as a way to show pride in their German identity and dismissal of the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire. Like many other Austrian pan-Germans, Schönerer hoped for the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and an
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appealed to many Viennese, mostly working-class. This appeal made him a powerful political figure in Austria, and he considered himself leader of the German Austrians. Defying the Austrian education ministry's prohibition of pan-German symbols in schools and colleges, Schönerer urged German Austrians
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Schönerer's movement had various strict criteria: it only allowed its members to be Germans; none of the members could have relatives or friends who were Jews or Slavs, and before any member could marry, they had to prove "Aryan" descent and be checked for health defects. Other pan-German movements
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Schönerer was addressed by his supporters as the "Führer," and he and his followers also used the "Heil" greeting, things Hitler and the Nazis later adopted. Schönerer and his followers often met during the summer and winter to celebrate German history and listen to German battle songs. Schönerer
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in 1878, which he condemned as a betrayal of ethnic German interests. In a speech, he said, "More and more, and ever more loudly, one can hear the German crown provinces exclaim: If only we already belonged to the
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In 1888, Schönerer was temporarily imprisoned for ransacking a Jewish-owned newspaper office and assaulting its employees for prematurely reporting the imminent death of the German emperor
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as his career progressed. He became widely known for his oratory and was considered a firebrand in Parliament. He broke with his party three years later, agitating against
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During the 1880s, Schönerer came to consider his struggle for the German Austrians a fight against the Jews. By the peak of his career, he had transformed into a
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told his followers to prepare for a battle between Germans and Jews; he said, "If we don't expel the Jews, we Germans will be expelled!"
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that disregarded religious affiliations. His campaigning became especially vocal upon the arrival of Jewish refugees during the
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Schönerer was imprisoned for his raid on a newspaper office. While doing so, he allegedly was drunk, hence this caricature
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Schönerer died at his Rosenau manor near Zwettl, Lower Austria on 14 August 1921. He had arranged to be buried near
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in parliament. Schönerer was not reelected to the Imperial Council until 1897, while rivals like the Vienna mayor
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added to the Linz program, which led to the ultimate breach between him and Adler and Friedjung.
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politician. Schönerer developed a political philosophy that featured elements of a violent
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in 1871, Schönerer became a political activist and ardent admirer of the German Chancellor
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The Pomp and Politics of Patriotism: Imperial Celebrations in Habsburg Austria, 1848–1916
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The framers proposed either complete autonomy for the non-German-speaking Crownlands of
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policies so enraged Schönerer and his followers that they accused Taafe of being "
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in 1860. His wife was a great-granddaughter of R. Samuel Löb Kohen, who died at
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from office. Badeni had proclaimed that civil servants in Austrian-controlled
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The Socialism of Fools: Georg Ritter von Schönerer and Austrian Pan-Germanism
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generally followed suit by expelling Jews and generally Slavs as well.
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as Georg Heinrich Schönerer; his father, the wealthy railroad pioneer
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active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A major exponent of
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Hitler's Religion: The Twisted Beliefs that Drove the Third Reich
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Ironically, this manifesto fit in very well with the dreams of
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representative, but became a more and more extreme and vocal
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Tensions rose even further in 1879 due to the accession of
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Schönerer's approach became the model for German national
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Monarchy, Myth, and Material Culture in Germany 1750–1950
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Hitler's Vienna: A Portrait of the Tyrant as a Young Man
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In 1897, Schönerer helped orchestrate the expulsion of
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took the chance created by his disfavor to get ahead.
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Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Georg Schönerer

Austria-Hungary
pan-Germanism
German nationalism in Austria
political Catholicism
antisemite
Adolf Hitler
Vienna
Matthias Schönerer
House of Rothschild
hereditary title
Ritter
nobiliary particle
von
Franz Joseph
Pohořelice
Alexandrine
Theater an der Wien
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Hohenheim
Magyaróvár
University of West Hungary
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Zwettl
Waldviertel
Lower Austria
Austro-Prussian War
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