Thursday, December 14th, 2006
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Southern Charm,
Western Passion
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 16,606
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Re: Austrian Nationalism vs Deutschmark Imperialism
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Originally Posted by Susano
However, after the war, they began to present themselves as "Hitler's first victim", to sever themself from all guilt. Hypocriet and disgusting, I say. That is the source of Austrian national identity - before, they had a German national identity, but they discarded that to whitewash their sins.
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That's not quite right. You forget the Vaterländische Front and Austrofaschismus.
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