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The Anschluss (German: [ˈʔanʃlʊs] ⓘ, or Anschluß, [1] [a] lit. ' joining ' or ' connection ' ), also known as the Anschluß Österreichs ( pronunciation ⓘ , English: Annexation of Austria ), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 12 March 1938.
A sham referendum on the Anschluss with Germany was held in German-occupied Austria on 10 April 1938, [1] alongside one in Germany. [2] German troops had already occupied Austria one month earlier, on 12 March 1938. The official result was reported as 99.73% in favour, [3] with a 99.71% turnout. [4]
Hitler gave a speech to the Reichstag calling for new elections on April 10 as well as a referendum to approve the Anschluss. [26] The Bombing of Barcelona severely damaged the city and left as many as 1,300 people dead. Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas nationalized the assets of 17 foreign oil companies. The U.S. and British governments ...
Lacking outside pressure for political reform, factions of Austrian society tried for a long time to advance the view that the Anschluss was only an imposition of rule by Nazi Germany. [5] By 1992, the subject of the small minority who formed an Austrian resistance , versus the vast majority of Austrians who participated in the Nazi war machine ...
At the time of Anschluss with Nazi Germany in 1938, the Jewish population of Austria was approximately 192,000, [3] mostly in Vienna. Austria had a powerful legacy of Anti-Semitism [4] which found its full expression in Adolf Hitler. In 1895, the Austrian anti-Semite Karl Luger won the majority of the seats in the Vienna municipality and was ...
But never did he lose sight of the bigger picture. “I lived through the Hitler times in 1938,” Kantor said, referring to the fuhrer’s “Anschluss” annexation of Austria that year.
Adolf Hitler greeted by cheering crowds in Vienna, following the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, 15 March 1938 Execution of local Polish people in the town of Kórnik, after the German invasion of Poland, 20 October 1939 Clockwise from the north: Memel, Danzig, Polish territories, General Government, Sudetenland, Bohemia-Moravia, Ostmark (), Northern Slovenia, Adriatic littoral ...
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