What was the result of the Anschluss?

1 Answer
Jun 23, 2016

The absorption of Austria into a Greater Germany.

Explanation:

The Anschluss was part of Hitler's expansion of Germany. He himself had been Austrian.

Encouraged by Germany, Austrian Nazis seize drew power and set up a government led by Seyss-Inquhart an Austrian Nazi lawyer.

Immediately widespread persecution against political opponents and Jews began.

Hitler arrived in Vienna to an ecstatic welcome from hundreds of thousands of Austrians who supported the Anschluss.