anschluss

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He began writing it four years before the Anschluss, so in a sense much of the main intellectual work had already done before his forced exile.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2022

Mr. Nitsch was born in Vienna on Aug. 29, 1938, the year of the Nazi annexation of Austria, known as the Anschluss.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

“Just whistle a happy tune,” she wrote, “and leave the Anschluss behind.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2021

He declined to conduct during the Nuremberg rallies, but was satisfied to appear just before them — including, in 1938, with the forces of the Vienna State Opera, immediately after the Anschluss.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021

Now it’s the Anschluss, and now Poland falls, and now France.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood