Anschluss

[ ahn-shloos ]

noun

1. union, especially the political union of Austria with Germany in 1938.

Anschluss

/ ˈænʃlʊs /

noun

1. a political or economic union, esp the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany (1938)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anschluss¹

1920–25; < German: consolidation, joining together, equivalent to an- on, to + Schluss a closing

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anschluss¹

German: from anschliessen to join

Example Sentences

Germany’s annexation of Austria in 1938, known as the Anschluss, and the Nazis’ persecution of its Jewish population also casts a murky shadow over the picture’s ownership history.

From New York Times

Other questions have arisen about what happened to the artwork during the Anschluss, when Austria was annexed into the Third Reich.

From New York Times

The weight of his nation’s history bore heavily on Mr. Brus, who was born in the village of Ardning in 1938, the year of the Anschluss, the annexation of the country by Adolf Hitler, a native of Austria, into the Nazi Reich.

From New York Times

But many at the time welcomed the move, known as the Anschluss or connection, and Austria has begun to speak about its own complicity in Nazi crimes.

From BBC

After Germany’s annexation of Austria in 1938, known as the Anschluss, Mr. Reichmann’s father transferred the family’s money to London and converted other assets to gold, which funded their escape to Paris later that year.

From Washington Post