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Before the Nazi annexation (Anschluss) in 1938, there were around 192,000 Jews in Austria. By 1942, only approximately 7,000 Jews remained. During World War II, the Nazis established concentration camps and ghettos in incorporated Austria, including Mauthausen and Theresienstadt. Explore content related to Austria during the Holocaust.

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A severely emaciated child with light skin tone stands in the middle of a courtyard. The child looks hauntingly at the camera while wearing a pair of shorts that have been tied at the waist, a pair of oversized socks and boots. In the background, a group of people gather in front of barracks.
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13-year-old survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp
Frieda Greinegger during a family outing to a park in the mid-1930s. [LCID: n02825]
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A family outing in happier times
A man stands painting graffiti on a closed storefront while a group of people stand behind him watching and jeering.
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A Jewish man is forced to paint anti-Jewish graffiti on a storefront in Vienna
Large pile of emaciated victims in the middle of a clearing surrounded by buildings. Several uniformed figures stand around the pile, including one uniformed man who stands on top of a wooden trailer and appears to be taking a photograph.
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A pile of corpses in the Mauthausen concentration camp
The Greinegger family, shown here in a formal portrait, were prosperous farmers in northern Austria. [LCID: n02827]
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A portrait of the Greinegger family
Alice Edelstein-Friedmann [LCID: 5733]
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Alice Edelstein-Friedmann
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American Student Reflects
An SS officer stands in front of Jews assembled for deportation. [LCID: 31412]
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An SS officer standing in front of Jews assembled for deportation
Adolf Hitler stands at the head of a large group of uniformed soldiers and officials. He raises his arm in a Nazi salute towards a parade occurring out of frame.
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Annexation of Austria
Annexation of Austria [LCID: dfa0193a]
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Annexation of Austria
Annexation of Austria [LCID: dfa0194c]
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Annexation of Austria: The Anschluss
Anschluss, March 1938 [LCID: ger76140]
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Anschluss, March 1938
A Jewish cafe painted with antisemitic graffiti. Vienna, Austria, November 1938. [LCID: 65639a]
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Antisemitic graffiti in Vienna, Austria
Austrian and Jewish children in a first grade class in Vienna Austria. 1927-1928.
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Austria
Austria, 1933 [LCID: aus19010]
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Austria, 1933
Austria 1933, Vienna indicated [LCID: vie79020]
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Austria 1933, Vienna indicated

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