Edmund Glaise-Horstenau
Edmund Glaise-Horstenau (also known as Edmund Glaise von Horstenau; 27 February 1882 – 20 July 1946) was an Austrian Nazi politician who became the last Vice-Chancellor of Austria, appointed by Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg under pressure from Adolf Hitler, shortly before the 1938 Anschluss.
Edmund Glaise-Horstenau | |
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Portrait by Max Fenichel | |
| Vice-Chancellor of Austria | |
| In office 11 March 1938 – 13 March 1938 | |
| Chancellor | Arthur Seyß-Inquart |
| Preceded by | Ludwig Hülgerth |
| Succeeded by | Adolf Schärf (1945) |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 6 November 1936 – 16 February 1938 | |
| Chancellor | Kurt Schuschnigg |
| Preceded by | Eduard Baar-Baarenfels |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Seyß-Inquart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edmund Glaise von Horstenau 27 February 1882 Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 20 July 1946 (aged 64) Nuremberg, Bavaria, Allied-occupied Germany |
During the Second World War Glaise-Horstenau became a general in the German Wehrmacht and served as Plenipotentiary General to the Independent State of Croatia. Dismayed by the atrocities committed by the Ustaše, he was involved in the Lorković-Vokić plot, with the purpose of overthrowing Ante Pavelić's regime and replacing it with a pro-Allied government.
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