it is rather well documented that austria, unlike germany, failed to acknowledge its role in the rise of nazism and the war, and preferred to see itself as the victim. this is also true of some other countries whose citizens were enthusiastic nazi supporters to the extent of being members of the SS (e.g. romania, croatia). however, the laws against nazi-related speech in austria are quite strong and common to a number of countries including germany, with the same (good or bad) justifications.
best, rishab > On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 05:09:00PM +0400, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: > > rather quickly. What little I saw or read of Austria in WWII presented > > Austria as the first victim of Nazi expansionism, instead of the > > Anschluss being welcomed by most Austrians.
