Der unbekannte “Anschluss”: Neu entdeckte Amateurfilme von März 1938

For the years of the Nazi dictatorship, amateur films are de facto the only unfiltered sources and therefore also relevant ‘counter-images’ to the official propagandistic film reports. Particularly impressive are the numerous private recordings of the events in March 1938, which the Filmarchiv Austria was able to collect as part of the major film searches in Lower Austria, Salzburg, Styria and Carinthia. These previously unknown film documents show candid, often incidental snapshots of public life surrounding the Anschluss and provide an authentic view of the events.

As part of the Fascination of Film Archiving series, the Filmarchiv Austria is presenting a selection of these amateur films from various federal states, which have now been digitised in high resolution. The films reveal irritating moments in history and the enthusiasm of the population, which at times took on almost manic proportions.

Historical commentary by Hannes Leidinger (Institute for Contemporary History, University of Vienna)

- Awaiting the Führer in Vienna
- Photographs of the military parade on Vienna's Ringstrasse on 15 March 1938
- Colour photographs of the military parade on Vienna's Ringstrasse on 15.3.1938
- Parade with Hitler's entry, Vienna, March 1938
- Vienna's Heldenplatz on 15 March 1938
- Photos from Vienna in March 1938 - military in Mariahilfer Straße
- National Socialist demonstration in Innsbruck, 11 March 1938
- Hitler entering Mariahilfer Strasse in Vienna, 1938
- Photographs of Vienna city centre before the referendum
- Hitler at Lendplatz in Graz
- Adolf Hitler visits the Styrian capital
- Mödling after the ‘Anschluss’ in March 1938
- Pictures from Altenburg near Horn, March 1938
- Photographs of Adolf Hitler at Saalfelden railway station
A- Photographs of Hermann Göring's propaganda appearances in Lungau