The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was banned in Austria from 19 June 1933 to the day of Anschluss with Germany on 12 March 1938 by decree of the leader of the Austrian government Engelbert Dollfuss.
Those who remained active for the Nazis during that time or who were operative in their underground cells in Austria are informally called "illegals".
[1][2] The NSDAP, the Nazi party that had assumed power in Germany in January 1933, was banned in Austria after chancellor Dollfuß disbanded the Austrian national parliament and ruled unilaterally by emergency decree (period of Austro-fascism).
A sample of 1264 Illegals shows the following composition: Table 1: Soziale Zusammensetzung der Illegalen Nazis in Österreich 1933 nach Botz (2016, Abb.
These include many academics and notables, such as Otto Höfler, Eberhard Kranzmayer, Erich Frauwallner, Konrad Lorenz or Herbert von Karajan.