Hitler's Austria: Popular Sentiment in the Nazi Era, 1938-1945Using evidence gathered in Europe and the United States, Evan Bukey crafts a nuanced portrait of popular opinion in Austria, Hitler's homeland, after the country was annexed by Germany in 1938. He demonstrates that despite widespread dissent, discontent, |
Contents
Before the Ostmark | 3 |
The Austrians and the Anschluss | 25 |
The Nazi Populace Between Acclamation and Disappointment | 43 |
The Working Class Acceptance and Apathy | 71 |
Austrian Catholicism Antipathy and Accomodation | 93 |
The Farming Populace Anger and Anguish | 112 |
The Popular Assault on the Jews | 131 |
A Distant Conflict 19391943 | 155 |
Between Stalingrad and the Moscow Declaration | 186 |
Conquest and Collapse 19441945 | 210 |
Epilogue | 227 |
Notes | 235 |
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