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The Aftermath of Anschluβ: Disillusioned Germans or Budding Austrian Patriots?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2009
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In March, 1938, Germany annexed the Republic of Austria, ending that small country's brief experiment with democracy. Seemingly, the Austrian struggle to establish a national identity had been resolved. By proclaiming the reunion of Austria with Germany, the National Socialist Reich gave its answer to the riddle which had divided citizens of the First Republic for nearly twenty years: was Austria a “German state” and part of the German Reich, or was it a country with an independent identity? Anschluβ appeared to provide the solution.
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