Austria
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The picturesque Tyrol region, in the western part of the country, is a favorite year-round tourist spot.
Under the Hapsburg dynasty (1278–1918), Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and became a leading player in European politics.
Austria was occupied by Nazi forces in 1938 and annexed by Adolf Hitler to Germany. It was reestablished as a republic in 1945 but remained occupied by four Allied powers until it declared neutrality in 1955.
After losing control of the German portions of the Holy Roman Empire in the nineteenth century, Austria joined with Hungary to create the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867–1918). Allied with Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey in World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was devastated by the war.
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Issacharoff said that in Germany, but also in other European countries including France and Austria, Israel should first consider how supporting the far right would impact local Jewish communities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Roughly spanning today’s Belarus, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine, the Central European theater stood on the grave of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, partitioned between Austria, Prussia and Russia in the late 18th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Since the 1990s, many towns in countries across Europe, including in Germany and Austria, have embedded small brass plaques in the streets in memory of Jews and other victims of Nazi atrocities.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
I think about like some of the artists I work with that get government grants in Austria and Canada and the Netherlands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Austria blamed the government of Serbia for the royal murders and for constantly stirring up trouble.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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