Aryanization
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Aryanization was the Nazi term for the seizure of property from Jews and its transfer to non-Jews, and the forced expulsion of Jews from economic life in Nazi Germany, Axis-aligned states, and their o
"Herzmansky is purely Aryan again!" – The Herzmansky department store in Vienna was confiscated in March 1938 after the Anschluss, which also took place that month.
Poster of Aryanization of Jewish businesses, after the Nazi ordinance of October 1940
A cartoon presentation of the "Measures for the defense of the Italian race"
Anschluss
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The Anschluss, also known as the Anschluß Österreichs, was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938.
Aryanization
…propaganda of the Nazi regime in general and the implementation of Nazi racial policy in particular. After Austria merged into the Third Reich in the Anschluss on March 12, 1938, Austrian Jews were plundered and thousands of properties seized through Aryanization. Major landmarks owned by Jews, like the Wiener…
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