The Austrian resistance was launched in response to the rise of fascism across Europe and, more specifically, to the Anschluss in 1938 and resulting annexation of the Austrian Republic by Nazi Germany
Plans and production locations for the V-2 were supplied to the Allies by Heinrich Maier's group.
Sign of the Austrian resistance movement at the St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna
Group of women. One woman wears an Austrian resistance Edelweiss – Patch, which comes from a former hunting clothes; and a pinstripe (in German: Nadelstreif) blazer. Other girls standing close to the car, talking and flirting with Wehrmacht soldier. The car has a PL font over turn signal. It could be a soldier who came from the front or one who cares about the engagement of the soldiers on the Eastern Front. Two further girls dressed in French style (shoes and hair). Two young men wear work uniforms. One a woodwork robe the other a baker or cook robe.
In an event known as the Anschluss, Austria ceased to be an independent country and was incorporated into Nazi Germany from 13 March 1938 until 27 April 1945, when Allied-occupied Austria declared its
Austrian resistance
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Soldiers of the Austrian Federal Army in Vienna in February 1934
Austrian troops taking position in February 1934
Adolf Hitler announcing the Anschluss on 15 March 1938
Thousands of Austrians gathering to hear Hitler's proclamation of the Anschluss