“Open the gates to Germany!”, postcard on the unification of Austria with Germany, published by the Pan-German Federation, Graz, 1918

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Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H. / Objekt aus der Sammlung Dr. Lukan

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Austrian attempts to unite with Germany from the founding of the republic to the referendums in Tyrol and Salzburg in 1921

On 12 November 1918 the Provisional National Assembly of German-Austria proclaimed the Republic and declared its union with Germany. Article 2 of the provisional constitution stated that ‘German-Austria is an integral part of the German Republic.’

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