indeed. as far as the yellow press and probably a solid majority of austrians are concerned those bloody easterners should stay the hell where they are .
Hitler was born in Austria and his ancestors were Austrians.
But he did spend most of his childhood and youth in Bavaria. By the time he joined the NSDAP he was definitly more Bavarian than Austrian. You could see that, for example, in his accent.
Don't get me started on whether Bavarian counts as German...
Austrian sure as hell doesn't. All the talk about "Pan-Germanism" in this thread is so naive. That's about as close to reality as the movement to turn the UK into state No. 51.
Wait, there is no such movement, you say? Not even among the most whack conservatives?
Exactly...
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