1938 in Austria

none June 2025 1938 Austria Template:Year in Austria State flag of Austria (1934–1938).svg 80px Other events of 1938List of years in Austria Events from the year 1938 in Austria Incumbents President: Wilhelm Miklas (until March 13) Chancellor: Kurt Schuschnigg (until March 11), Arthur Seyss-Inquart (March 11-March 13) Governors Burgenland: Hans Sylvester (until 11 March) Carinthia: Arnold Sucher (until 11 March) Lower Austria: Josef Reither (until 12 March) Salzburg: Franz Rehrl (until 12 March); Rolph Trommer (3 March-12 March) Styria: Karl Maria Stepan (until 12 March) Tyrol: Josef Schumacher (until 12 March) Upper Austria: Heinrich Gleißner (until 11 March) Vienna: Richard Schmitz (until 11 March) Vorarlberg: Ernst Winsauer (until 12 March) Events October 2015 February 12 – Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg meets Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden and is forced to yield to German demands for greater Nazi participation in the Austrian government. March 12 – Anschluss: On March 11–13, 1938, Nazi Germany annexed the neighboring country of Austria (Österreich). This event is known as the Anschluss. “Anschluss” is a German word that means “connection” or “joining.”German troops occupy Austria; annexation is declared the following day. German troops occupy Austria; annexation is declared the following day. In a result, the Austrian electorate in a national referendum approved Anschluss by an 99.73%. July – The Mauthausen concentration camp is built. Births 9 October – Heinz Fischer, politician 13 October – Christiane Hörbiger, actress Deaths 17 May – Jakob Ehrlich, politician and Zionist 1938 Famous People Who Died in 1938 https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/1938 2025-05-29 On This Day en 4 June – Otto Bauer, Social Democrat (born 1881; heart attack)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Otto-Bauer Otto Bauer 3 April 2026 18 October – Karl Kautsky, philosopher and Marxist theorist (born 1854)Steenson Gary P. 1991 Karl Kautsky, 1854–1938: Marxism in the Classical Years 2nd University of Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh 0-8229-5443-5 1978 244 References 1938 Category:Years of the 20th century in Austria Austria