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Karl Lueger
1910Mar, 10

Karl Lueger

Karl Lueger, Austrian lawyer and politician Mayor of Vienna (b. 1844)
Karl Lueger (German: [ˈlu̯eːɡɐ]; 24 October 1844 – 10 March 1910) was an Austrian politician, mayor of Vienna, and leader and founder of the Austrian Christian Social Party. He is credited with the transformation of the city of Vienna into a modern city. The populist and antisemitic politics of his Christian Social Party are sometimes viewed as a model for Adolf Hitler's Nazism.

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