# GERMAN ENTRY INTO AUSTRIA "GERMANY INVADES AUSTRIA" ANSCHULUSS ADOLF HITLER 1938 75604

This historic Castle Film newsreel shows the start of WWII with the German invasion of Austria and the surrender of the Austrian government. The film also shows the Nazi aggression against Czechoslovakia, and Neville Chamberlain's efforts to appease Hitler and keep the peace in Europe. At the 8 minute mark, American Secretary of State Cordell Hull is seen making comments about the situation in Europe might affect the United States of America which was neutral at the time. The Anschluss was the Nazi propaganda term for the invasion and forced incorporation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938. The 1938 Anschluss stands in contrast to the Anschluss movement (Austria and Germany united as one country), initially attempted in 1918, when the Republic of German-Austria attempted union with Germany, but the Treaty of Saint Germain (10 September 1919) and the Treaty of Versailles (28 June 1919) forbade both the union and the continued use of the name "German-Austria" (Deutschösterreich). Previously, the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 had resulted in the dissolution of the 19th-century German Confederation, a loose association which had included Austria as well as the various independent German monarchies, such as Prussia and Bavaria. Hitler's journey through Austria became a triumphal tour that climaxed in Vienna on 15 March 1938 (seen at the 4 minute mark), when around 200,000 cheering German-Austrians gathered around the Heldenplatz (Square of Heroes) to hear Hitler say that…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/75604CastleFilmGermanyInvadesAustria)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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