Edmund Glaise-Horstenau: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 12:35, 4 August 2006

Edmund Glaise-Horstenau (February 27, 1882 - July 20, 1946) was an Austrian officer in the Bundesheer and general in the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War.

He was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria.

He served in World War I as an officer on the General Staff and eventually headed the press department of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces, and then the Austrian War Archives (as director from 1925 to 1938).

He became a member of the State Council in 1934 as a Minister Without Portfolio, and from 1936 to 1938 he served as Minister of Interior in the cabinet of Kurt Schuschnigg after being appointed under pressure from Adolf Hitler.

From March 11 to 13 1938 he was Vice-Chancellor of Austria under Arthur Seyß-Inquart. After the Anschluss he entered the Wehrmacht and served in Croatia, where he expressed opposition to the atrocities of the Ustasa (Croatian Fascist Para-militaries).

Glaise-Horstenau died at Langwasser military camp near Nuremberg, Germany.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-'''Edmund Glaise-Horstenau''' ([[February 27]], [[1882]] - [[July 20]], [[1946]]) was an [[Austria|Austrian]] officer in the [[Bundesheer]] and General in the [[Germany|German]] [[Wehrmacht]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]].
+'''Edmund Glaise-Horstenau''' ([[February 27]], [[1882]] - [[July 20]], [[1946]]) was an [[Austria|Austrian]] officer in the [[Bundesheer]] and general in the [[Germany|German]] [[Wehrmacht]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]].
 He was born in [[Braunau am Inn]], Austria.
-He served in [[World War I]] as an officer in the General Staff and eventually headed the press department of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces, and then the Austrian War Archives (as director from 1925 to 1938).
+He served in [[World War I]] as an officer on the General Staff and eventually headed the press department of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces, and then the Austrian War Archives (as director from 1925 to 1938).
 He became a member of the State Council in 1934 as a [[Minister Without Portfolio]], and from 1936 to 1938 he served as Minister of Interior in the cabinet of [[Kurt Schuschnigg]] after being appointed under pressure from [[Adolf Hitler]].
-From March 11 to 13 of 1938 he was Vice-Chancellor of Austria under [[Arthur Seyß-Inquart]].
+From March 11 to 13 1938 he was Vice-Chancellor of Austria under [[Arthur Seyß-Inquart]].
 After the [[Anschluss]] he entered the [[Wehrmacht]] and served in [[Croatia]], where he expressed opposition to the atrocities of the [[Ustasa]] (Croatian Fascist Para-militaries).