The Anschluss, also known as the Anschluß Österreichs, was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938.
Austrian citizens gather on the Heldenplatz to hear Hitler's declaration of annexation.
Soldiers of the Austrian Federal Army in Vienna, 12 February 1934
Supporters of Schuschnigg campaigning for the independence of Austria in March 1938, shortly before the Anschluss
Seyss-Inquart and Hitler with Himmler and Heydrich to the right in Vienna, March 1938
Pan-Germanism is a pan-nationalist political idea that seeks to unify all ethnic Germans, German-speaking people, broader groups of Germanic descent, or any combination of the three, into a single nat
Rudolf Krziwanek Georg Ritter von Schönerer, um 1893