Austrian State Treaty
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The Austrian State Treaty or Austrian Independence Treaty established Austria as a sovereign state. It was signed on 15 May 1955 in Vienna, at the Schloss Belvedere among the Allied occupying powers a
Austrian State Treaty with signatures of Dulles, Thompson, Pinay, Lalouette, and Leopold Figl, foreign minister of Austria
Allied-occupied Austria
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At the end of World War II in Europe, Austria was occupied by the Allies and declared independence from Nazi Germany on 27 April 1945, as a result of the Vienna offensive. The occupation ended when th
Austrian State Treaty
…The Austrian State Treaty (German: Österreichischer Staatsvertrag ) or Austrian Independence Treaty established Austria as a sovereign state. It was signed on 15 May 1955 in Vienna, at the Schloss Belvedere among the Allied occupying powers (France, the United Kingdom…
Soviet soldiers taking down a Nazi sign in Austria
Elderly civilians in a "warming room" in the British zone of Vienna, c. 1945–47.
Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov (left) meeting Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab (right) in Moscow, April 1955