Alwine Dollfuß
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Alwine Dollfuß (née Glienke), (1897 - 1973) was the wife of former Austrian chancellor Engelbert Dollfuß. At the time of his murder, she was in Italy with Mussolini, who allowed her the use of his private plane to hurry back to Austria. She is buried in Hietzing Cemetery next to her husband, and two of her children; Hannerl and Eva. She was also satirized in Brecht's The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui 1941 as the character 'Betty Dullfeet'.
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- Walterskirchen, Gudula Engelbert Dollfuß, Arbeitermörder oder Heldenkanzler (Vienna: Molden Verlag, 2004)
- Allinson, Mark Austrian Studies, Vol.14, No.1 1st October 2006
- Dollfuß, Eva Mein Vater - Hitlers erstes Opfer (Vienna: Amalthea Verlag, 1994)
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