anschluss

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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 • Dec. 30, 2022

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2021

After the Anschluss, her family fled to Belgium, then to England and finally to the United States.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2019

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

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood