page_title: Edmund Glaise-Horstenau
hierarchical_section_title: Edmund Glaise-Horstenau
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Edmund Glaise-Horstenau (1882–1946), österreichischer Nationalsozialist, Militärhistoriker, Publizist, Vizekanzler im Kabinett Seyß-Inquart und General der Infanterie. English: Edmund Glaise-Horstenau (1882–1946), Austrian officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army, last Vice-Chancellor of Austria before the 1938 Anschluss, a military historian and archivist, and general in the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War. Français&#160;: Edmund Glaise-Horstenau (1882–1946), officier autrichien de l'armée austro-hongroise, dernier vice-chancelier autrichien avant l'Anschluss de 1938, historien militaire et archiviste et général de la Wehrmacht allemande pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
context_page_description: Edmund Glaise-Horstenau was an Austrian Nazi politician who became the last Vice-Chancellor of Austria, appointed by Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg under pressure from Adolf Hitler, shortly before the 1938 Anschluss.
  During the Second World War Glaise-Horstenau became a general in the German Wehrmacht and served as Plenipotentiary General to the Independent State of Croatia. Dismayed by the atrocities committed by the Ustaše, he was involved in the Lorković-Vokić plot, with the purpose of overthrowing Ante Pavelić's regime and replacing it with a pro-Allied government.
context_section_description: Edmund Glaise-Horstenau (also known as Edmund Glaise von Horstenau; 27 February 1882 – 20 July 1946) was an Austrian Nazi politician who became the last Vice-Chancellor of Austria, appointed by Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg under pressure from Adolf Hitler, shortly before the 1938 Anschluss. 
  During the Second World War Glaise-Horstenau became a general in the German Wehrmacht and served as Plenipotentiary General to the Independent State of Croatia. Dismayed by the atrocities committed by the Ustaše, he was involved in the Lorković-Vokić plot, with the purpose of overthrowing Ante Pavelić's regime and replacing it with a pro-Allied government.
caption: Portrait by Max Fenichel
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