People: Austria
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Vienna Philharmonic withdraws honorary awards for top-nazi’s after 68 years
The world famous Vienna Philharmonic orchestra has posthumously declined six nazi-leaders their honorary awards. Among them are Arthur Seyss-Inquart and Baldur von Schirach. Historian Oliver Rathkolb investigated the history of the Vienna Philharmonic during the war. He concluded that the Viennese music ensemble enthusiastically embraced the nazi regime. After the ‘Anschluss’ of 1938, the unification…
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Austria (10): Peace is promised, but war is delivered
This documentary focuses on Austria during the Third Reich, from the period just before the outbreak of the Second World War to the fall of Warsaw. How the Nazi’s tricked the civilian population to think that they had peaceful intentions is explained with the use of video footage and interviews. In Vienna, life seemed to…
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Apocalypse (1): Becoming Hitler
The early life of Hitler is depicted in this episode of Apocalypse, Rise of Hitler. From his formative years to his life in Vienna and later in the trenches of the First World War, the colorized movies show the life of the infamous dictator as the rise of a failed artist to a successful right-wing…
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Austria (7): The annexation of Austria
This Austrian documentary tells the story of Austria during the annexation of March / April 1938 by the German Third Reich. It starts with the invasion of German troops on the 12th of March, 1938. Although there were no border fights and lots of Austrians were jubilant at the parading Germans through the Austrian avenues,…
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Austria (8): Seduction and violence
This Austrian documentary explains how the Austrians became true supporters of the Third Reich after the annexation of March / April 1938. The following period, from April to November 1938, the Nazi’s not only suppressed and discriminated ethnic minorities. For the greater part of the people living in the ‘Ostmark’ this period meant economic growth,…