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Literally "annexation", by convention,the '''Anschluss'' was the March 1938 Nazi takeover of [[Austria]] by measures short of full-scale war. Austria, the birthplace of [[Adolf Hitler]], was always a goal of Nazi [[Pan-German nationalism]] The process accelerated with the Austro-German Agreement of July 1936, with a secret annex that gave additional power to the Austrian Nazis. They steadily increased subversion and [[terrorism]] throughout 1937, and Austrian police captured documents indicating they planned to stage a revolt in the spring of 1938, which could provide a pretext for German intervention. | |||
Former German Chancellor [[Fritz von Papen]] had been a special representative to Austrian Chancellor, [[Kurt von Schuschnigg]]. Von Papen revealed that one of the captured documents had called for his own killing by German agents, again as a pretext for intervention. Ironically, von Papen had escaped death in the [[Night of the Long Knives]] purge in 1934. [[Hans Lammers]] informed him, on 4 February, that he was fired, along with [[Constantin von Neurath]] and others. Von Papen began keeping hidden copies of his correspondence with Hitler. <ref name=S>{{citation | |||
| author = William Shirer | |||
| title = The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich | |||
| publisher = Simon & Schuster | |||
| year = 1960}}, pp. 322-324</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 06:16, 1 January 2011
Literally "annexation", by convention,the 'Anschluss was the March 1938 Nazi takeover of Austria by measures short of full-scale war. Austria, the birthplace of Adolf Hitler, was always a goal of Nazi Pan-German nationalism The process accelerated with the Austro-German Agreement of July 1936, with a secret annex that gave additional power to the Austrian Nazis. They steadily increased subversion and terrorism throughout 1937, and Austrian police captured documents indicating they planned to stage a revolt in the spring of 1938, which could provide a pretext for German intervention.
Former German Chancellor Fritz von Papen had been a special representative to Austrian Chancellor, Kurt von Schuschnigg. Von Papen revealed that one of the captured documents had called for his own killing by German agents, again as a pretext for intervention. Ironically, von Papen had escaped death in the Night of the Long Knives purge in 1934. Hans Lammers informed him, on 4 February, that he was fired, along with Constantin von Neurath and others. Von Papen began keeping hidden copies of his correspondence with Hitler. [1]
References
- ↑ William Shirer (1960), The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Simon & Schuster, pp. 322-324