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The Austrian Victim Myth: A Nation in Denial

If you like my videos and want to support me, then you can do that here:   / sirmanateee   Thank you :) Tips: https://ko-fi.com/sirmanatee Austria is a nation that shares a significant responsibility for the crimes of National Socialism and WW2. Today, this fact is publicly acknowledged and Austria's past has largely been analysed. For several decades after 1945 however, this was not the case. Instead, Austria portrayed itself as a victim of Nazi aggression and denied any wrongdoing. How was it possible that it was able to convince the world of its innocence and shy away from compensation for so long? This video will answer these questions and many more and provide a good overview to explain the Austrian Victim Myth. Sources: Der Spiegel, 13.04.1986. Der Spiegel, 27.04.1986. Proklamation über die Selbständigkeit Österreichs, 27.04.1945, https://www.verfassungen.at/at45-/una.... The Moscow Conference, Joint Four-Nation-Declaration, October 1943, https://avalon.law.yale.edu/wwii/mosc.... The New York Times, 04.03.1986. Literature: Bauer, Kurt: Waren Österreicher unter nationalsozialistischen Tätern überrepräsentiert? Versuch einer Synthese, in: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte 72 (2024), Nr. 4, pp. 687-721. Bischof, Günter: Allied Plans and Policies for the Occupation of Austria 1938-1955, in: Steininger, Rolf et al. (Ed.): Austria in the Twentieth Century, New Brunswick & London 2002, pp. 162-189. Bischof, Günter: Victims? Perpetrators? "Punching Bags" of European Historical Memory? The Austrians and Their World War II Legacies, in: German Studies Review 27 (2004), Nr. 1, pp. 17-32. Eisterer, Klaus: Austria under Allied Occupation, in: Steininger, Rolf et al. (Ed.): Austria in the Twentieth Century, New Brunswick & London 2002, pp. 190-211. Embacher, Helga & Ecker, Maria: A Nation of Victims. How Austria dealt with the Victims of the authoritarian Ständestaat and national socialism, in: Withuis, Jolande & Mooij, Annet (Ed.): The Politics of War Trauma. The Aftermath of World War II in Eleven European Countries, Amsterdam 2010, pp. 15-48. Korostelina, Karina V.: History Education in the Formation of Social Identity, New York 2013. Nikolay, Sabine: Neues Konzept für die Österreich-Ausstellung, science.ORF, https://sciencev2.orf.at/stories/1759..., (accessed on 20.06.2025). Rathkolb, Oliver: 1955: Der Österreichische Staatsvertrag, Haus der Geschichte Österreich, https://hdgoe.at/staatsvertrag, (accessed on 17.06.2025). Rathkolb, Oliver: Die paradoxe Republik. Österreich 1945 bis 2005, Wien 2005. Rathkolb, Oliver: Opfernation Österreich, in: Benz, Wolfgang (Ed.): Deutsche Herrschaft. Nationalsozialistische Besatzung in Europa und die Folgen, Sonderausgabe für die Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn 2022, pp. 43-62. Ruep, Stefanie: Opferthese geistert noch in den Schulen herum, Der Standard, https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000..., (accessed on 20.06.2025). Uhl, Heidemarie: Das „erste Opfer”. Der österreichische Opfermythos und seine Transformation in der Zweiten Republik, in: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft 30 (2001), Nr. 1, pp. 19-34. Uhl, Heidemarie: From Victim Myth to Co-Responsibility Thesis. Nazi Rule, World War II, and the Holocaust in Austrian Memory, in: Lebow, Richard Ned et al. (Ed.): The Politics of Memory in Postwar Europe, Durham & London, pp. 40-72. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 01:19 Origins of the Victim Myth 06:44 Austria’s Role under National Socialism 10:13 Politics of Denial 15:01 Warrior Memorials and Clean Wehrmacht Myth 18:49 Borodaykewicz 21:52: The Kreisky-Wiesenthal-Peter Affair 24:45 Kurt Waldheim: End of a Myth 29:02 Austria apologises and makes Amends 32:08 Closing Statement 35:21 Outro