anschluss

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It’s a story that raises questions about cultural memory in a country that has been slow to account for its history in the years leading up to and following the Anschluss — Austria’s annexation by Germany — in 1938.

From New York Times

It is, then, ironic that Wojtek’s Salzburg Festival poster was quickly removed after the Anschluss; it wasn’t degenerate, but it was uncomfortably modern for the Nazis.

From New York Times

The impact was felt immediately after Nazi troops marched into Austria, on 12 March 1938, to incorporate the country into Germany - the Anschluss.

From BBC

The only daughter of an affluent Jewish family in Vienna, Dr. Kluger was 6 years old when Hitler’s Germany annexed Austria in the event known as the Anschluss.

From Washington Post

In riveting detail, Dr. Kluger depicts the constriction of life as she knew it after the Anschluss.

From Washington Post