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The 50 pages that link to Anschluss, each with the reason it gives.

• Treaty of VersaillesRelated: The treaty had prohibited Austria’s union with Germany, a restriction later overturned.

• Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-LayeRelated: The treaty prohibited Austria from uniting with Germany without League of Nations consent.

• Hermann GöringRelated: Göring used pressure and threats to help force Austria’s incorporation into Germany.

• Munich AgreementRelated: The recent annexation emboldened Hitler and sharpened fears that Czechoslovakia was next.

• Vienna CircleRelated: It intensified the political danger facing the Circle’s Jewish and left-wing members.

• Lise MeitnerRelated: After Austria’s annexation, Meitner’s Jewish ancestry made her vulnerable to persecution and forced her to flee.

• Adolf EichmannRelated: After the annexation, Eichmann helped organize the forced emigration of Austrian Jews.

• German QuestionRelated: It revived the possibility of an Austria-inclusive German state under radically different political conditions.

• KristallnachtRelated: The pogrom extended to Austria, where Jews had faced intense persecution since the annexation.

• AustriaRelated: It ended Austrian independence and incorporated the country into the German Reich.

• Neville ChamberlainRelated: The annexation preceded Munich and exposed the rapid expansion Chamberlain’s diplomacy confronted.

• Max PerutzRelated: The Nazi takeover made Perutz, from a Jewish family, unable to return safely to Austria.

• Oskar MorgensternRelated: The Anschluss forced Morgenstern, then in the United States, to remain in exile rather than return to Vienna.

• Austrian literatureRelated: Exile, censorship, and persecution reshaped Austrian literary life after the annexation.

• Arthur Seyss-InquartRelated: Seyss-Inquart became Austria’s chancellor immediately before the annexation.

• Bruno WalterRelated: The annexation drove Walter, who was Jewish, from Austria and redirected his career abroad.

• Hermann BrochRelated: The annexation led to Broch’s arrest and forced flight from Austria.

• Mein KampfRelated: The book's demand to unite German-speaking people anticipated the regime's annexationist policy.

• Wilhelm KeitelRelated: Keitel’s high command helped prepare the military operation that accompanied the annexation.

• Eric KandelRelated: The annexation preceded the antisemitic persecution that forced Kandel’s family to leave Vienna.

• Ernst KaltenbrunnerRelated: The annexation opened the way for his advancement within the Nazi security system.

• Odilo GlobocnikRelated: The annexation enabled Globocnik’s rapid advancement in the Nazi state.

• Amon GöthRelated: It placed Göth’s Austrian SS service within the expanding German Reich.

• Kurt WaldheimRelated: Waldheim's wartime service took place while Austria was under German rule.

• Oskar KokoschkaRelated: The annexation made Kokoschka’s return to Austria impossible during his exile.

• Unity MitfordRelated: Mitford was in Germany during the expansion of the Nazi state before war began.

• Bruno KreiskyRelated: The annexation forced Kreisky, a Jewish socialist, to flee Austria.

• Egon WelleszRelated: The annexation made Wellesz’s return to Austria impossible and precipitated his exile.

• Heinrich HarrerRelated: Harrer’s Nazi affiliations began in the context of Austria’s incorporation into Germany.

• History of AustriaRelated: It ended Austrian independence and incorporated the country into the Nazi state.

• Joseph RothRelated: The Anschluss intensified Roth’s exile and confirmed the political catastrophe he had warned about.

• Maximilian SchellRelated: The annexation prompted Schell's family to leave Vienna for Switzerland.

• Egon FriedellRelated: The annexation transformed Friedell’s circumstances in the final months of his life.

• Felix SaltenRelated: The annexation forced Salten, a Jewish writer, to confront Nazi rule in Vienna.

• History of ViennaRelated: The annexation ended Vienna’s status as the capital of an independent Austria.

• Ilse AichingerRelated: The annexation turned her adolescence into a period of escalating anti-Jewish persecution.

• Otto SkorzenyRelated: The annexation preceded Skorzeny's service in German forces during the war.