anschluss

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Born in June 1924 in a Jewish family, he describes how he had a relatively normal childhood until the Anschluss of 1938 - when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany - meant that life "took a completely different meaning and survival became the only aim".

From BBC

Other questions have arisen about what happened to the artwork during the Anschluss, when Austria was annexed into the Third Reich.

From New York Times

The weight of his nation’s history bore heavily on Mr. Brus, who was born in the village of Ardning in 1938, the year of the Anschluss, the annexation of the country by Adolf Hitler, a native of Austria, into the Nazi Reich.

From New York Times

After Germany’s annexation of Austria in 1938, known as the Anschluss, Mr. Reichmann’s father transferred the family’s money to London and converted other assets to gold, which funded their escape to Paris later that year.

From Washington Post

After the Anschluss, the annexation of Austria by Germany, Samuel transferred his bank accounts to London and converted his assets into gold, which he used to finance the family’s escape.

From New York Times