GERMAN ASSURANCE TO AUSTRIA, MAY 21st, 1935
[Documents of German Politics (Dokumente der deutschen Politik) Part III, Page 94.]
Germany neither intends nor wishes to interfere in the domestic affairs of Austria, to annex Austria or to attach that country to her. The German people and the German Government have, however, the very comprehensible desire, arising out of the simple feeling of solidarity due to a common national descent, that the. right to self-determination should be guaranteed not only to foreign nations, but to the German people everywhere.
. I myself believe that no regime which is not anchored in the people, supported by the people, and desired by the people, can exist permanently.
Extract from a speech, stating that Germany does not intend to intervene in Austria, or annex it
Authors
Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)
Adolf Hitler
Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)
- Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
- Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
- Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
- Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
- Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
- Member of: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
- Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin
Date: 21 May 1935
Literal Title: German Assurance to Austria, May 21st, 1935.
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: TC-26
Citation: IMT (page 961)
HLSL Item No.: 450667
Notes:Hitler's speech is identified as the source in the trial transcript, page 961. For a follow-up agreement citing this declaration, see document TC 22.
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TC-26: German Assurance to Austria, 21 May 1935. This Assurance states that,