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Dipl.-Vw. Dr. Ludwig Steiner

The parade for the king in St. Lorenzen in the Puster valley
interviewer:
Ruth Deutschmann
photography:
Benjamin Epp
copyright location:
Wien
date of recording:
2008-04-29
English translation by:
Sylvia Manning - Baumgartner
Italian translation by:
Nicole D´Incecco
event
[1934-07-25] NS - revolt in Vienna The rebels invade the Chancellor's Office and in the transmission of RAVAG building in Vienna. Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss was shot by the Austrian National Socialists Otto Planetta. After the police from entering the Chancellor's Office, the coup plotters were arrested. Kurt Schuschnigg is entrusted with the leadership of the government. Hitler distanced themselves for fear of international complications of the coup by the Austrian National Socialists. Mussolini is four divisions in the direction of the burner, one in the direction of Carinthia in March.
place of recording
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1934
transcription:
In the aftermath of 1934 the Italian army corps performed a parade. Promptly, it was turned into a parade for the king. The king came to St. Lorenzen ? a one-street village ? and reviewed the troops. Or the inspection of this regiment from Catania, from the region of Catania. They were not really perfect soldiers. But the most amusing thing for us was that the king arrived in a large open Lancia car, sitting on a seat which had been raised up high. He was quite short ? wearing an officer's cap strung with many gold cords. The Duca d'Aosta was the leader of this regiment; I think it was the 234th or 236th infantry regiment. He was two metres tall. And when the king got out of the car, this small little man, the tall colonel of honour had to bend down to give him his hand. It looked ridiculous and for us boys it was greatly entertaining. There was also a banda militaria, a military marching band, in this regiment. They played for hours until the king finally arrived. When they took a break they went to the inn and drank something, for their voices, but left their instruments outside. Someone said: "Haven't you got any confetti at home? We could pour it into their trumpets." Or into the tuba, I don't remember. So we did. It wasn't exceptionally successful. We were hoping they'd blow the confetti out but apparently the trumpets were already so moist, that it didn't work. A lot was going on there. The confusion was unimaginable. This army had only been there for two or three days before smuggling began of large amounts of cigarettes and women's stockings from Austria. In those days Austria's best tobacco factory was in Mayrhofen in the Ziller valley. The smugglers went over the Hundskehle pass ? at 2,900 metres I think ? down to the Ahrn valley which is a side valley from Bruneck, and further south. It was good business.