75 years after Anschluss, Nazi ‘Shadows’ haunt Austria
By Matt Lebovitz.. On the anniversary of the country’s union with Hitler, a former child refugee preps for the premiere of her long-gestating film. As a little girl in 1940, Gita Kaufman escaped Vienna with her family at the last possible moment. Austria had been under German control for two years, following the bloodless “Anschluss,” or union, of March 12, 1938. The annexation was a boon to Nazi anti-Jewish policy, as the largely affluent Jewish community of Vienna fell into German hands. (more…)
