ABSTRACT
The Austrian Resistance differed markedly from the resistance movements of the other countries that were subsequently occupied by the National Socialists or the Third Reich. In 1918 all members of the Austrian parliament had demanded that the newly founded Republic Deutsch-Osterreich become part of the German Reich. On October 30, 1943, the Moscow Conference of the Allied foreign ministers issued a proclamation of principles that was exclusively devoted to Austria and was to be of the greatest significance for the country that had been erased from the map. During World War II a total of 30 percent of the Austrian population were in the Nazi or the anti-Nazi camp either out of conviction or as more or less active sympathizers. The BBC and the Voice of America broadcast daily reports about the situation in Austria as well as code messages to Resistance groups.
