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In the aftermath of the February Uprising of 1934, which led to the subsequent prohibition of the Social Democratic Party and the Dollfuß constitution of 1 May 1934, Buttinger emigrated to England in May 1934. Later, he returned illegally to Villach, but had to flee again, with his wife, on the night of 11- 12 March 1938 when the Nazis Entered Austria . In English exile again, Buttinger worked for the refugee assistance programme organized by the Austrian socialists. In 1941 , he and his family sailed to the United States -- immigrant visas had been organized by his brother Joseph Buttinger who, with his American-born wife, Muriel Gardiner , had made his way to the US in Autumn 1939 ; one of the endorsements for the visa application was provided by Albert Einstein . In 1950, now using the firstname in Dutchess County , New York which was still being managed by his son and grandson more in the first decade of the next century. |
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