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Facts

Date March 13, 1938
Participants Austria • Germany • Nazi Party
Context Nazism • Third Reich

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Antisemitic graffito
Adolf Hitler stands and waves from a convertible leading a motorcade of Nazi officials through a crowded street in Vienna, Austria, with Nazi banners hanging from buildings and poles.
Hitler triumphant in Poland
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Key People

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Otto Bauer
Austrian political leader
Portrait of Adolf Hitler in a collared shirt and tie, facing forward with a serious expression, circa 1933.
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
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Karl Renner
president of Austria
Kurt von Schuschnigg
Kurt von Schuschnigg
chancellor of Austria
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Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Austrian politician