12 January 1938Recognition of the Franco Government in SpainKurt von Schuschnigg
Austria recognizes the Franco Government in Spain
Historical records for Austria in 1938, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Austria recognizes the Franco Government in Spain
Forced to lift the Austrian Nazi Party ban. Forced to amnesty Nazis in Austria & appoints Seyss-Inquart in the Cabinet
Visits Hitler at Berchtesgaden
Cardinal Theodor Innitzer of Vienna meets with Hitler and then directs all Catholic clergy and laity to "unconditionally support the great German State and the Fuhrer"
Miklas refuses to honor Hitler's ultimatum but capitulates under threat of invasion
Schuschigg is forced by Hitler to agree an amnesty for imprisoned Austrian Nazis
Miklas refuses to honor Hitler's ultimatum but capitulates under threat of invasion
Appointed Minister of Security
Austria announces an amnesty including those convicted of the murder of Dolfuss
Austria announces a Nazi amnesty, including those convicted of the murder of Dolfuss
Visits Hitler in Berlin to receive his orders
About 20,000 Nazis invade Graz town square & raise the swastika
About 20,000 Nazis invade Graz town square & raise the swastika
Hitler promises to defend all Germans outside the Reich
Kurt Schuschnigg defies the Nazis & calls for a referendum on independence
Announces a plebiscite will be held in 4 days to determine the sovereignty of Austria
Kurt Schuschnigg defies the Nazis & calls for a referendum on independence
Germany closes the border at Salzburg
Rail traffic between is halted & German troops are massed on the frontier. Hitler threatens to invade Austria. Forced to drop the plebiscite on union with Germany
Rail traffic between is halted & German troops are massed on the frontier. Hitler threatens to invade Austria
Faced by German occupation agrees with President Miklas to call off the plebiscite. A referendum to decide union with Germany is canceled after an ultimatum from Hitler
Forced to resign by Hitler & have himself replaced by Seyss-Inquart as Chancellor
The Nazis take over Austria and expel all Jews and other political opponents from the universities. Germany invades Austria after the Austrian Nazi Party invite German troops to march in and the union becomes the Anschluss
Held prisoner by the Nazis in his villa in the grounds of Belvedere castle, 1938-1945
Hitler voids Article 88 of the Treaty of St Germain for Austrias independence
Held prisoner by the Nazis in his villa in the grounds of Belvedere castle, 1938-1945
Appointed Chancellor
Hitler voids Article 88 of the Treaty of St Germain for Austrias independence
Hitler voids Article 88 of the Treaty of St Germain for Austrias independence
Germany invades Austria after the Austrian Nazi Party invite German troops to march in and the union becomes the Anschluss
Hitler voids Article 88 of the Treaty of St Germain for Austrias independence
Within days of the Anschluss squads of Nazis and Austrian museum personnel empty the Viennese palaces of the Rothschild brothers, Alphonse and Louis
Leads a raid on the Vienna Jewish community offices.
The raid follows Germany's annexation of Austria.
Freud decides to go into exile "to die in freedom", he and his family leave Vienna in & move to Hampstead, London
The office centralizes coercive procedures for Jewish emigration.
Opens the Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Vienna.
Interprets uranium splitting as nuclear fission.
Arrested after the German occupation of Austria
Appointed Chief of Staff in the XVII Army Corps after the Anschluss with Germany
Becomes a naturalised British citizen
Appointed Conductor for the Berlin State Opera
Germany annexes Austria in the Anschluss followed by violent outbursts of anti-Semitism in Vienna, and Freud and his family receive visits from the Gestapo
Emigrates from Vienna to London aged 81 to "die in freedom"
The Vienna system becomes a model for later Nazi offices.
Appointed Professor of Social Philosophtyat the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Resigns after Austria is incorporated into the German Reich
Arrested after the German occupation of Austria
Develops centralized procedures for forced Jewish emigration.
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