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OCR: In the 1920' S and even more so in the 1930' S Austrian Jewry underwent economic and demographic crisis In 1934 following the Nazis rise power Austria also underwent political changes The Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss fearing Nazi takeover revoked parliamentary democracy and established conservative authoritarian regime The new political system which had prominent Christian character undermined the position of the Jews. Although there was no explicit legislation, the new regime discriminated against Jews. The Austrian Nazi party was restricted but other antisemitic organizations were given free hand, which resulted in some cases in street violence against the lews Germany