anschluss

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"I found out that he became a member of the Nazi Party around 21st of April 1938, just a few days after the Anschluss," when Adolf Hitler annexed Austria to Germany, he said.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Life for the Freud family became intensely difficult after Nazi Germany annexed Austria in the Anschluss of 1938.

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 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