Dollfuss

by Gordon Brook-Shepherd

The first biography of the man who became Hitler's first major victim. Dolfuss was the chancellor of Austria, and was murdered by the Nazis in Vienna in 1934.

Genres: History

296 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Gordon Brook-Shepherd was a British historian and journalist, best known for his work on the history of central and eastern Europe. A graduate of Cambridge University, where he earned a Double First in history, he joined the staff of the Daily Telegraph in 1948 as a foreign correspondent based n Vienna, and he later served as Diplomatic Correspondent and Assistant Editor for the Sunday Telegraph.