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aaeviire plane accident and :suffered critical in-
. j •drieeplut'ne?vciiiiirshock: - It took several Weeks until he recovered, and
iththeidiatiarafterlisardS.had an . automobile accident. Offers this as proof
that he couldn't possibly have,had any connection with the abortive upriang -
in Austria and the assasinatión - of Ghandellor'DOLLFUSS.
All Austrian Nazi offices in Gemny were dissolved. FRAUENFELD himself, .
who claims to have been profoundly shocked by the events of those last • few
months, asked for permission to return to Austria. This was refused, and he
was told • that.iithe , Wantedaomething to : do, he would have to find:a'job'it
Germany.bAer,00ntacted Secretaryof : the.State,, FUNK and-accepted:theapostjof
3ESCHAEFTSFUEHRER',(Financial,Seoretarof the . REICHSTHEATERKAMMER.DER HEtcHS.
XULCUHKAMMERo(Theatrical . Wing , of•the National Deptof Culture)...-'AccOrding
toFRAUENFELDIthies Marked theend . 7.ofhis.active political.tareerJ.n_Austria::
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He claimed thatiwithinayear he . already had differences and_troubles at::
his joband that one of his close collaborators was removed from office,,
.and . mdPaliW=f41-thitiAisjob 1
was made impotent by the pOintment of a : Chief .
.4:AMMERPRAESIDENT, FRAUENFELD sought refuge in writing and in speaking totrs.
Thisgave.him opportunity to travel extensively and bemOre.indePeridentthan;
it would: have been possible under normal circumstances. His speeches and
- le04;AP.O.U4figrithezhrst years.were . at times , contrary....to Offiaial policy;
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' and hi0Was forbidden:AoA.ecture on seirera2-occasions. He alSo•taught-in,the:.
SchoOl. ,00the German Theater . .in:BERLIN,...at . the Theater Schoo1,1# BOCHUM,:anC
atoSCHOENBRONNAn " VIENNA:
111Fp4pENFELDi!eXpectedetoreturn'tO,VIENNA.after the ANSCHLUSS 4 ..but diecov.-;:
eredythatlthecitYZWas-forbidden to him:by Reich Commissar - BUERCKEL.. Howeveri
under the pretense of scheduled lectures at•SCHOENBRUNA and various other art
instCtilti7onshiltanaged.to-visit the 'city occasionally.' 1
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Tn ti9ae thei .."sobering . Up process", as he calls it,:f011Owd:'"We'AUstrian ,
' 1 . dreamerCwho fought Mr_the old idea of the Reich now found , . ore . us . , es v• so
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21', ollt.A.B.1:00;APPenedwa,A.the ereatio0,f a: Greater "Prussia (GROSSPREUSSEi):
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oper'lhand; was rObbed2df ..her cultural;importanceland was
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degradecl itolvt:subotainate provincial tOW . t. '"..:AcCording•td -himthe population
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of VIENN 7. tired of the machinations of cuptiuTSCHNIGG and ;BUERML, demanded'y
qgnifq6eFA.4ilEk'ELD'Weriieti-hilviti campaigned in 0.4W*; •
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,the leveOstivWad_eniiely,spontaneous,.,Thit claims ṭhat
OroughtaboUtthe sedond:tat.ty...:
• itn,84k4grirn tOf:FR4IIENFELDThe- principal cause fdr . this'adtion wae"eh..;
impre444 ircreted:.;by4reyloUs -
events it VIENNA. However, the accusations:
agAi4if -hith'itelUdedhairing USed,hiS'Official position to giye.aidand'coM-:'
fo:7CGNISCHLINGE'ChalfAryarisYfOrilier1y active in theatrical dirdles:- The.'
, caae,:,t5ri ved at,a . negativ,e_prinolusion and was dropped . . . He o asked to be
. Feeikn'irom'putiliO_Offioelit:favcir of a seat on the HOird;of a.
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s Was flatly'refuded:'': ' • 7 ..
After that
Oiride_FHAUENFELD;decided it would be safer for him in the -
ArinS6'%nd'in ,.1940:4i.itered:the:, GAF-as ,;i Captain. He was detailed to the .
i., Fox4qt) !0?fi4 /AS ,:fiaiaon*fic'er. for various Army headquarters in occupied
covntriee" .'liid dtitieifterMinated , • -with . a'iPinal injury received in:an . aUto .77.
moileaccideit during the latter Part ri“940. Thereafter his job consisted
of wri 'tilErWlWand-gilting , lectrires rit'the:political'and::46OnoMic'ait
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: 4:: ACTIVITIES .AS COMMISSAR:IN THE.UKRAINE.
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',Enal942helwas:,su4denlr pulled outof the Army, sent. to the OST- MINISTER •
IUM (MiniAtx;Y.OorAEastern Atfairs),and.assigned as GENERALKOMMISSAR,(Genetai
' PomniSsar).tforrithe .Crim ea...: He elaim4that he and GAULEITER ERICH KOCH; I541.15--
was Reich'Commissar,IA'Aha UKRAINE, clashed immediately. FRAUENFELD
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