JWST 240 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Kurt Schuschnigg, Anschluss, Kindertransport
Document Summary
The first of hitler"s string of foreign policy successes in 1938 and 1939 was anschluss, the german annexation of austria. In early march 1938, austrian chancellor kurt von schuschnigg announced a plebiscite to show austria"s determination to resist. Nazi power, the next day, hitler called together his military leaders to address the possibility of german occupation. Wehrmacht units streamed across the border, unopposed by. Austrian or international forces and greeted by euphoric crowds. Jews bore the full brunt of german aggression. In austria, measures introduced over the course of five years in. Germany were introduced overnight with the help of local gentiles. In some cases, the targets were public figures, but all kinds of. The other european and international powers did not try to stop the. Many people saw it as the germans taking control of their own backyard. Many germans worried the blatant defiance of the versailles treaty meant war.
