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Episode 59, On Shalooch, Part 3, the February 1938 meeting.

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Relations between Germany and Austria after 1933 were not always bad, and there was not always

the impending threat of Germany forcefully absorbing the smaller nation. In fact, in July 1936,

they would sign an agreement which stated that Germany would recognize the full sovereignty

of the federal state of Austria,

which was in line with what Hitler had stated during May 1935.

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