1938 in Austria

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See also:	Other events of 1938 List of years in Austria

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

• May 17 Jakob Ehrlich, politician and Zionist ^[1]

• June 4 – Otto Bauer, Social Democrat ^[1]
• October 18 – Karl Kautsky, Philosopher and Marxist theorist ^[1]

References

1. "Famous People Who Died in 1938". On This Day. 1938. Retrieved 2025-05-29.

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