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In Austria n history, the First Republic refers to the period after World War I , following the breakdown of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy , up to World War II . This period was marked by violent strife between the left and the right, e.g. in the July Revolt Of 1927 . The Constitution Of Austria was enacted in 1920 and amended in 1929 .

The First Republic ends with the Anschluss to Nazi Germany in 1938 , or, according to some accounts with the establishment of the Austro-fascist dictatorship in 1933 / 34 following the Austrian Civil War . (The constitution of the Austro-fascist state did not consider Austria a Republic , but only a ''Bundesstaat'', i.e. a Federation ).