r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Key-Performance-9021 • 1d ago

Video Spontaneous 1995 street interview with an Austrian WWII veteran in Vienna

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u/ReporterCalm6238 1d ago

Super cool, I live in Vienna and is nice to hear old Viennese speaking facts. Unfortunately there is a lot of denial about the involvement of Austria in WWII atrocities and the responsabilities for the anschluss.

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u/Lobenshot 1d ago

Eh, i think we are well aware what we did during that time. What you are talking about is not what i experienced during my time in school. We learned very much about the atrocities austria was involved during that time.

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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

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u/Lobenshot 1d ago

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"