 Complete the following phrase:  Already in 1946 it became clear that leftist anti-fascist propaganda was not being accepted in Austrian society, so by 1947 its time was over. Prisoners, who returned from allied detention, were surprised to find that Austrians forgot about the years of Hitlers regime. A patriotic upsurge appeared in the country and replaced bitter memories. In 1947 the Allies began the mass liberation of captivated Austrians and Austrian government restored half a million of less tainted  members of the former NSDAP Nazi party to their civil rights. From that moment a political struggle for the votes of former Nazis and veterans became a governing trait of Austrian political life. Conservatives and social democrats rejected anti-fascist rhetoric, while communists, who supported it, quickly lost their political weight. At the beginning of 1947 they lost their places in government, the police closed the KZ-Verband at the end of that year. 