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Von der Befreiung zur Freiheit


A sensitive portrait of one of the most important eras of Austrian history – from Austria’s Allied occupation until the re-establishment of full sovereignty with the State Treaty in 1955. Erich Lessing portrayed politics as well as a new emerging society and the revival of the cultural scene in post-war Austria. Text contributions by well-known personalities like Gerd Bacher, Alexander Giese and Ludwig Steiner.



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Polling centre at the Austrian ministry of the Interior, February 1953. Journalists noting interim results; final results were 74 for the conservative People's Party, 73 for the Socialists and 14 for the "Independents",forerunners of the present FPOe, the "Freedom Party".
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Polling centre at the Austrian ministry of the Interior, February 1953. Journal...

Life in post-war Vienna:The cabaret "Simpl":comedian Karl Farkas, returned to Austria after emigration, as an American officer, Fritz Muliar as a Russian and Fritz Heller as a typical Austrian in country-costume.
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Life in post-war Vienna:The cabaret "Simpl":comedian Karl Farkas, returned to Au...

Life in post-war Vienna:A brassband of streetcar-employees gives a cold open-air concert. Vienna,1953
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Life in post-war Vienna:A brassband of streetcar-employees gives a cold open-air...

National elections 1953: A poster by the Socialists states that an election poster had been censored by the Allied Town Command and had to be removed."For a free Austria, chose the Socialists" the new poster says.
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National elections 1953: A poster by the Socialists states that an election post...

Post-war Vienna. Woman at the North railroad bridge across the Danube, which was blown up by the retreating German Army. Vienna, 1953
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Post-war Vienna. Woman at the North railroad bridge across the Danube, which wa...

A beggar woman gets up painfuly from her place near the opera in downtown Vienna,1953.
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A beggar woman gets up painfuly from her place near the opera in downtown Vi...

Viennese studying election posters for the national elections in February 1953.
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Viennese studying election posters for the national elections in February 1953.

Election posters for the national elections in February 1953. "They will not swindle us again" says the large poster of the communist-dominated "Volksopposition", while a man carries a poster of the "Verband der Unabhaengigen", later FPOe, a pro-German,nationalist party.
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Election posters for the national elections in February 1953. "They will not sw...

Post-war Vienna. Austrian elections in 1953: Wilfried Gredler of the VdU (Verband der Unabhängigen, later FPÖ) playing a hurdy-gurdy. Vienna, 1953
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Post-war Vienna. Austrian elections in 1953: Wilfried Gredler of the VdU (Verba...

Austrian parliamentary elections 1953: Members of the "Wahlpartei der Unabhaengigen" - today FPOe - putting up campaign posters where it is not allowed; one man is the look-out, should police suddenly appear.
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Austrian parliamentary elections 1953: Members of the "Wahlpartei der Unabhaen...

Austrian election campaign 1953: Conservative Chancellor Leopold Figl of the Austrian People's Party addresses voters from the stage of a Lower-Austrian village theatre. Austria,1953
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Austrian election campaign 1953: Conservative Chancellor...

There were friendly gestures from the other side: a Russian Army choir sang for Austrian concertgoers. The banner above the singers reads: "The Soviet Army Protects Peace". Vienna, Austria, 1953
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There were friendly gestures from the other side: a Russian Army choir sang for...