Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: For the first time since 12 February 1934 ( the time of the Austrian Civil War ) , Socialists and Communists could legally appear in public again .
Simplified: To get support Schuschnigg allowed socialists and communists legally to appear in public again . The parties had been banned on 12 February 1934 in the Austrian Civil War .