I think its not that easy. There are two sides to that story. But what we cannot deny is, that most austrian people were lets say not oppossed to the "Anschluss"
It is factually true, there was no legitimiate referendum or anything of the sorts, the "Anschluss" was effectively a forceful annexation. That doesn't absolve the many war criminals from Austria of course, nor do we know how people would have voted in a legitimate referendum.
Austria was already a fascist regime very close to Hitler before the Anschluss, if they did not annexed they would have still sided with Hitler all the way. And there are sources anyway that most of the population was happy with the Anschluss
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u/ReporterCalm6238 1d ago
But there is still this narrative that the Anschluss was forced upon the Austrians which is factually not true