Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Originally posted by: BoberFett
Some of my ancestors were Austrian and I have yet to receive a personal apology much less a cash settlement from any Germans.
Austria
was germany back then.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anschluss
Educate yourself.
Anschluss[1] (German: connection, or political union), also known as the Anschluss Österreichs, was the 1938 annexation of Austria into Greater Germany
The Nazis held a plebiscite within the following month, where they received 99.73% of the vote. No fighting ever took place
Thanks for proving my point.
Oh yeah,
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The German troops were greeted on their march into Austria with flowers and cheers.
Austria was hitlers home country also.
Repartitions? They are one of the only countries to STILL have a fascist elected government to this day:
Calculated references to National Socialism have played an important role in the shift in Freedom Party ideology. They appeal to a nostalgia for the Third Reich, legitimize fascism as a means to full employment and the activities of the SS, as noble soldiers in the German armed forces. They are also signals to hard core fascist supporters that Haider is really with them, only constrained by legislation that outlaws holocaust denial and efforts to reestablish the Nazi Party. By being prepared to withdraw some comments and to argue that he has been misinterpreted, Haider also awakens sympathy for himself and his ideas, drawing those who vote FPÖ as a protest against the mainstream parties closer to him ideologically. These statements, combined with organizational measures and the authority Haider has gained from electoral successes since taking over, have been part of the process of transforming the ideology and structure of the FPÖ. The Party?s liberal wing was in the ascendant from the late 1970s to 1986. After becoming Party chairperson, Haider marginalized and then excluded it. In 1993, the last liberal FPÖ members of the National Council (lower house of parliament) left to form the Liberal Forum, which failed to win any seats in the national elections in 1999. The Freedom Party is now a thoroughly top down organization (a Führerpartei) under Haider?s control. No criticism of his policies or person is tolerated. A series of Party officials and members have been removed from office and/or expelled. Whole State organizations, recently in Salzburg, have been reorganized to ensure Haider?s unquestioned authority. For this reason Haider?s recent resignation from the leadership of the Party and replacement by the Deputy Chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer can only be regarded as a cosmetic change. Riess-Passer, a long term and loyal subordinate of Haider?s, can be relied upon to carry out his instructions. The maneuver also provides him with a further excuse to distance himself from any unpopular policies implemented by the government.
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