Document Type
Research Paper
Department/Program
History
Date
2025
Abstract
Excerpt from paper:
The time of empires was over. At the end of the Great War, the Treaty of Saint Germain splintered the Austro-Hungarian empire into independent successor states, and the once great Habsburg capital became the Republic of Austria, an unstable nation with weak institutions. Having lost vast territories and one-third of its German population, Austria lacked a national identity and suffered a deep sense of victimhood. At the core, Austria was a sovereign nation that refused her sovereignty. Throughout the republic’s existence, the people rejected Austrian independence, convinced that their homeland could not survive without German unification. Although the Allies forbade Anschluss, the Austrian people could never surrender the longing to unite with their German countrymen.1
Recommended Citation
Xiang, Enya, "The League in Austria and the Anschluss Aspiration" (2025). Undergraduate Research Awards. 17.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/ugra/17
