Austria
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Austria is an old country, once a mighty empire locked between Italy and Germany. Having been ruled by the Habsburg family for centuries, it became a republic after the First World War. In 1933, it became an autocratic regime which struggled not to join a Germany growing in power. After a civil war in 1934, it finally becale a part of Nazi Germany in 1938, when german troops occupied the country. Many people joined the Nazi forces, though a few joined the resistance.
On April 13th 1945, Vienna fell to the Soviets. They soon elected a president, who declared Austria independant from the Third Reich.
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[edit] Notable Austrians
- Elsa Schneider
- Sigmund Freud
- Adolf Hitler (by birth; later Nazi German)
