Honestly I don’t believe “Hitler was an Austrian” is as important for Austria to come to terms with as it is to accept/finally internalize that Austria wasn’t “the first victim”, but to a large degree welcomed the Anschluss (not 100%, obviously, but quite a big majority).
It is, because the denial regarding Hitler’s origin is part of Austria’s victimisation. It is when you see Austrians argue they’re the good guys and Germans the bad guys because “Hitler was German” or when they use it as an argument to deny/not acknowledge the long history of state backed antisemitism in what it’s now modern Austria.
Honestly I don’t believe “Hitler was an Austrian” is as important for Austria to come to terms with as it is to accept/finally internalize that Austria wasn’t “the first victim”, but to a large degree welcomed the Anschluss (not 100%, obviously, but quite a big majority).
It is, because the denial regarding Hitler’s origin is part of Austria’s victimisation. It is when you see Austrians argue they’re the good guys and Germans the bad guys because “Hitler was German” or when they use it as an argument to deny/not acknowledge the long history of state backed antisemitism in what it’s now modern Austria.