The USSR and the Fate of Austrian Communism 1944-1956
Journal: Phaidra (Universität Wien)
Year: 2017

The USSR and the Fate of Austrian Communism 1944-1956 The essay focuses on post-war Stalinist policies towards Austria as a laboratory for strengthening Communist influence in a country on the Cold War border line.In 1945 Moscow instructed the Communist Party of Austria (KP) to pursue a cautious national-front policy.Indeed, the strong distrust of a large part of the Austrian population towards Communism combined with Soviet post-war crimes in Austria contributed to the KP's electoral disaster i