Edith Tudor-Hart (1908-1973)
Barricade on the Operngasse, Vienna
In May 1933, the Austrian Chancellor, Engelbert Dollfuss, banned demonstrations altogether, barricading off the centre of Vienna.
Austrian-British photographer Edith Tudor-Hart, who is known in Austrian history of photography as Edith Suschitzky, belonged to the group of those politically engaged photographers who faced political developments in the inter-war years with socially critical force. She studied at the Bauhaus in Dessau and worked as a photographer in Vienna around 1930 – while simultaneously a Soviet agent. She was said to have recommended Kim Philby to the KGB in 1934.
The Austrian Nazi Party grew in strength from the early 1930s, largely in response to a sharp downturn in the economy. It proved particularly popular amongst young people, many suffering long-term unemployment. In 1933, the Austrian Chancellor banned the Party, imprisoning many of its activists in concentration camps.
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