oesterreich - history lesson

Österreich AUSTRIA

„Small is beautiful“

In the heart of Europe ….

9 Bundesländer

Steyr

„Mountains – Schnitzel – Skiing“

TOURISM

OUR MONEYMAKER !

Steyr

Salzburg„Rock me Amadeus“FALCO

Composer: W.A. Mozart 1756-1791

Highly developed industry of the Austrian companies

Innsbruck

Vienna

Austria

„1000 years in history“

Austria: 996 called „Ostarrichi“ („country in the east“)

The Habsburg-Empire: colonies in America

Austria: Expansion during the 17th – 18th century

19. Jahrhundert: NATIONALISMUS

DestructivePower of

Nationalism

Hochzeit 1911: Kronprinz Karl und Zita von Bourbon – Parma

1911

8 Kinder

Krönung 1916Kaiser Karl 1916 - 1918

Krieg Italien gegenÖsterreich 1915 - 1918

World War 1: 1914 - 1918

1918

Emperor Karl I. (1916-1918)

• Abdication on Nov 11, 1918• Left Austria in March 1919 (died on Madeira 1922)

Das Ende der österreichischen Monarchie

Ausrufung der 1. Republik Österreich

Dr. Karl Renner (SDAP)• State Chancellor of the State Council• Proclamation of the First Republic on Nov 12, 1918• Name: „Deutsch-Österreich“• „Bloody Birthday“: streetfigths (2 people died)

Politische Eskalation1927 / 1934

Increasing tensions between the paramilitary forces:

•Heimwehr (conservative) and•Republikanischer Schutzbund (socialist party)

Political ideologies: •„Austromarxism“ •„Austrofascism“

Civil War 19341000 people died

Steyr

Steyr 1934

Annexation March 13, 1938

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1xjby95GJ0&feature=related

Plebiscite 10th April, 1938

99,73 % JA

Driving on the right side July 1938

Österreich existiert nicht mehr !

Replacement of political and economic leaders

Deportation of leaders into the concentration camp Dachau

Integration into the German economy 4-years plan Arms industry („Hermann Göring

Werke“…)

World War 2

1939 - 1945

Oberösterreich: „Land der Konzentrationslager“Concentration camps in Austria: Mauthausen

(August 1938 - May 1945)

B – 17 – bomber (Boeing)„Flying fortress“

4 engine heavy bomber aircraft

B 17 bomber aircraft

Crew: 10 menBombs: 2300 kg

Bomb attacks1943-1945:

20.000 people died

Befreiung von KZ-Mauthausenon May 5th, 1945 by 3rd US-Army

Option „Südtirol“

Auswanderung der Deutschen

Südtirol 1939 - 1943

Flugblatt

Bevölkerung in SüdtirolPeople in Alto-Adige

Jahr Deutsch Italienisch Ladiner

1910 223.910 7.300 9.400

1991 287.503 116.900 18.400

Propaganda

110 mio soldiers55 mio died (soldiers

and civilians)

Occupation by the Allied Powers1945 - 1955

FreedomState treaty 1955

FREEDOM

PEACE

NEUTRALITY

„Österreich ist frei!“Leopold Figl, Außenminister

15. Mai 1955

Tourismus: Dreamland and paradise: Italy

Trend: Nach Italien !

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=k7SJ6OY_Cmg&feature=related (Al Bano „capri“)

Musik - Hit:

Capri - Fischer

Member of the European Union

1995

Österreich Mitglied der EU

…Stars und Starmania

Neutrality & Peace

I am from Austria: R.Fendrich Eros Ramazotti