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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. [2]
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 ...
The book describes life in Vienna at the start of the 20th century with detailed anecdotes. [4] It depicts the dying days of Austria-Hungary under Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Karl I of Austria , including literature, the arts, the system of education, and the sexual ethics prevalent at the time, the same that provided the backdrop to ...
In case of a fair plebiscite, the Anschluss would have been supported only by 20% of the Austrian population. [24] [25] According to some Gestapo reports, only a quarter to a third of Austrian voters in Vienna were in favour of the Anschluss, [26] while in most rural areas, especially in Tyrol, the support for the Anschluss was even lower. [27]
The Austrian resistance was launched in response to the rise of the fascists across Europe and, more specifically, to the Anschluss in 1938 and resulting occupation of Austria by Germany. An estimated 100,000 people [1] were reported to have participated in this resistance with thousands subsequently imprisoned or executed for their anti-Nazi ...
The original Operation Otto was the plan to occupy Austria during the Anschluss in 1938. [1] It was named after the crown prince of Austria-Hungary at the time, Otto von Habsburg. [2] The High Command of the German Army also used Operation Otto as the code name in July 1940 for their original plan for the invasion of the Soviet Union.
The Holocaust in Austria was the systematic persecution, plunder and extermination of Jews by German and Austrian Nazis from 1938 to 1945. [1] Part of the wider-Holocaust, pervasive persecution of Jews was immediate after the German annexation of Austria, known as the Anschluss.
The 1939 Liechtenstein putsch, also known as the Annexation putsch (German: Anschlussputsch) was an unsuccessful coup d'état by the German National Movement in Liechtenstein (Volksdeutsche Bewegung in Liechtenstein or VDBL) on 24 March 1939 designed to provoke Liechtenstein's annexation by Nazi Germany.