That is unfortunately pretty true. The So-called Austria victim theory, which is basically “oh, we poor Austrians were Nazi Germanys first victim!”, is obvious bullshit.
This was only really officially stated to be definitely false in the late 1980s … and there’s still plenty of people who probably would believe it or at least like to pretend that that was the case.
But as I said: at the very least we got to the place where pretty much any official/political actor has to acknowledge that it’s wrong.
I was literally taught this in schools, " the first victim of Nazi Germany was Austria who was annexed against their will."
It wasn’t until after highschool with me getting more into ww1/2 history that I found out that was total bullshit.
“anschluss” was just a word nobody would explain to me from the Sound of Music. Watching that movie was somewhat different afterward too, since a lot of references went over my head as a kid.
That is unfortunately pretty true. The So-called Austria victim theory, which is basically “oh, we poor Austrians were Nazi Germanys first victim!”, is obvious bullshit.
This was only really officially stated to be definitely false in the late 1980s … and there’s still plenty of people who probably would believe it or at least like to pretend that that was the case.
But as I said: at the very least we got to the place where pretty much any official/political actor has to acknowledge that it’s wrong.
I was literally taught this in schools, " the first victim of Nazi Germany was Austria who was annexed against their will."
It wasn’t until after highschool with me getting more into ww1/2 history that I found out that was total bullshit.
“anschluss” was just a word nobody would explain to me from the Sound of Music. Watching that movie was somewhat different afterward too, since a lot of references went over my head as a kid.