A fasizmus ausztriai exportjának kezdetei. Bethlen és a Heimwehrek kapcsolati hálózata, 1927–1929
Beginning of the Export of Fascism to Austria: Network of Bethlen and the Heimwehr Movement, 1927–1929

Summary/Abstract: The Hungarian foreign policy, which was connected to István Bethlen in the late 1920s, strived to expand its geopolitical influence and space of manoeuvre. Bethlen tried to put the Austrian radical Heimwehr movement to the service of Hungarian peace revision efforts. To achieve his goals, he played a mediator role between Mussolini and the leaders of the heterogeneous Heimwehr movement, thus prepared the penetration of fascism into Austria, which at the same time reduced the space of manoeuvre in the Hungarian foreign policy. The focus of this study is on the Hungarian help for the Austrian paramilitary movement between 1927 and 1929. The purpose of this support was to install an Austrian right-wing leadership (even with the help of a violent government coup) that would pursue a more tolerant policy towards Hungary.

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