Question

What was the result of the Anschluss?

Answer 1

Hint: Anschluss is a German and it means Union. Both Austria-Hungary and the German Empire were destroyed after World War I, and many anticipated that the Republic of German Austria would be merged with the German Republic to form a Greater Germany that would encompass all Germans.

Complete answer:
Anschluss -
Adolf Hitler annexed Austria from Germany in 1938, resulting in a political union between the two countries. Anschluss with Germany, first proposed by Austria in 1919, remained a hope (especially among Austrian Social Democrats) from 1919 to 1933, when Hitler's ascension to power made it less appealing.

After the unification of Germany in 1871, which barred Austria and the German Austrians from the Prussian-dominated German Empire, the concept of an Anschluss (a unified Austria and Germany that would constitute a "Greater Germany") arose.

The result of the Anschluss –
- The Anschluss was a part of Hitler's German expansion. He was an Austrian himself.
- Austrian Nazis, aided by Germany, seized power and formed a government led by Seyss-Inquart, an Austrian Nazi lawyer.
- Persecution of political opponents and Jews began very immediately.
- Hundreds of thousands of Austrians who favored the Anschluss greeted Hitler with jubilation when he arrived in Vienna.

Note: Nazism refers to Adolf Hitler's and the Nazi Party's ideology and activities in Nazi Germany. Hitlerism was a term used frequently throughout Hitler's ascent to power. The term "neo-Nazism" is used to refer to various far-right parties with comparable ideologies that arose after the Nazi regime fell apart.