Word: rgerschaft
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...municipal charter. Municipal elections are totally abolished. The Burgomaster is appointed directly by the Chancellor, and together they choose three Vice-Burgomasters. They chose one to represent the Heimwehr, one the employers, one labor. The Burgomaster will choose a new advisory body called the Wiener Bürgerschaft. Three Catholic priests will be on it. and there will be one Jew to represent the dwindling rights of that race. All must swear to uphold "the Christian German character of Vienna." Any or all the Bürgerschaft may be dismissed at will by the new Burgomaster...
...instantly apparent last week that the life of the Jewish member of the Bürgerschaft will not be an easy one. No sooner was the new city charter announced than Heimatschueter, the personal organ of Prince Starhemberg, printed a sharp anti-Semitic attack...
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