“Germany neither intends nor wishes to interfere in the internal affairs of Austria, to annex Austria, or to conclude an Anschluss.”

—  Adolf Hitler

Speech in the Reichstag (21 May 1935), quoted in The Times (26 September 1939), p. 9
1930s

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