On This Day - What happened 12 March 1938 AD

On 12 March 1938, Hitler announced the unification of Austria with Nazi Germany in the Anschluss.

On 12 March 1938, Germany annexed Austria. Austrian Nazis broke into Jewish shops, stole from Jewish homes and businesses, and forced Jews to perform humiliating acts such as scrubbing the streets or cleaning toilets. Jewish businesses were "Aryanized", and all the legal restrictions on Jews in Germany were imposed.

In March 1938, Germany annexed Austria.