Events from the year 1938 in Austria
Incumbents President: Wilhelm Miklas (until March 13) Chancellor: Kurt Schuschnigg (until March 11), Arthur Seyss-Inquart (March 11-March 13)
Governors Burgenland: Hans Sylvester (until 11 March) Carinthia: Arnold Sucher (until 11 March) Lower Austria: Josef Reither (until 12 March) Salzburg: Franz Rehrl (until 12 March); Rolph Trommer (3 March-12 March) Styria: Karl Maria Stepan (until 12 March) Tyrol: Josef Schumacher (until 12 March) Upper Austria: Heinrich Gleißner (until 11 March) Vienna: Richard Schmitz (until 11 March) Vorarlberg: Ernst Winsauer (until 12 March)
Events
February 12 – Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg meets Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden and is forced to yield to German demands for greater Nazi participation in the Austrian government. March 12 – Anschluss: On March 11–13, 1938, Nazi Germany annexed the neighboring country of Austria (Österreich). This event is known as the Anschluss. “Anschluss” is a German word that means “connection” or “joining.”German troops occupy Austria; annexation is declared the following day. German troops occupy Austria; annexation is declared the following day. In a result, the Austrian electorate in a national referendum approved Anschluss by an 99.73%. July – The Mauthausen concentration camp is built.
Births 9 October – Heinz Fischer, politician 13 October – Christiane Hörbiger, actress
Deaths 17 May – Jakob Ehrlich, politician and Zionist 4 June – Otto Bauer, Social Democrat (born 1881; heart attack) 18 October – Karl Kautsky, philosopher and Marxist theorist (born 1854)
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