Social Democratic Party of Austria

The Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs, SPÖ) is a political party in Austria. It was united in 1889 as Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs (SDAPÖ) and is one of the major parties in Austria. It was fairly successful in the 1920s, but its members were persecuted by right-wingers in the early 1930s. Both under the Austro-fascist dictatorship (1934-1938) and during the German occupation of Austria between 1938 and 1945, the SPÖ was banned and persecuted heavily, but after liberation, the Social Democrats became a major political force in post-war Austria.

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