1938 in Austria

Events from the year 1938 in Austria

Events

• February 12 – Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg meets Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden and is forced to yield to German demands for greater Nazi participation in the Austrian government.
• March 12 – Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria; annexation is declared the following day.
  • In a result, the Austrian electorate in a national referendum approved Anschluss by an 99.73%.
• July – The Mauthausen concentration camp is built.

Births

Deaths

References

Media related to 1938 in Austria at Wikimedia Commons

Years in Austria (1919-present)

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