Photo Credits: http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/dasfeature/1103123/bilder/image_main/
Photo credits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wien_Hofburg_Neue_Burg_Heldenplatz.jpgIt is an eerie and chilling experience to visit the Hofburg Palace knowing that on March 15, 1938, Adolph Hitler spoke from the balcony of the Palace to proclaim the Anschluss or annexation of Austria into the Third Reich (Deutsches Reich).
See also: http://globalissuesat-cz.blogspot.com/2010/06/hofburg-silberkammerkaiserappartements.html
Interesting article remembering this time in world history where Europe pushed back from the brink of extremism.
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