Otto Habsburg-Lothringen together with the members of the Heimatschutz, Botho Coreth, Arthur Karg von Bebenburg and Peter Revertera-Salandra on the occasion of the latters’ visit for the purpose of legitimist matters in Steenockerzeel, 1935

The 1930s saw the issue of the Habsburgs’ return brought back into the political arena in an active role. A chapter in Otto’s biography that has remained controversial to this day is his prominent association with Austrofascism. His committed efforts for the Austrian resistance in exile to the National Socialist regime are regarded in a far more positive light.