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Dipl.-Vw. Dr. Ludwig Steiner

They stopped at the Brenner
interviewer:
Ruth Deutschmann
photography:
Benjamin Epp
copyright location:
Innnsbruck
date of recording:
2008-04-29
English translation by:
Sylvia Manning - Baumgartner
Italian translation by:
Nicole D´Incecco
event
[1938-03-12] Armed Forces - Invasion The morning begins the invasion of the German Wehrmacht and the reception on the evening of Adolf Hitler in Linz. Immediately after the invasion begins the persecution of political opponents of the Nazi regime. By the end of March there will be around 20,000 people. Many opponents of the regime trying to flee abroad, some commit suicide, including Emil Fey (Home Guard leader), and Egon Friedell (writer).
place of recording
Innsbruck
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1938
transcription:
Speaking of South Tyrol one thing might be interesting: the day the German Wehrmacht marched in ? that was the 98th mountain infantry regiment from Mittenwald ? one company marched toward the Brenner from Innsbruck with motorized units. Right away there were rumours saying South Tyrol would be liberated. That was already in the first phase. That they stopped at the Brenner to prevent anybody from fleeing the Reich is a different story. But that was the mood at the time. People thought things were looking up for South Tyrol. These are facts of the beginning which caused confusion. And so resistance wasn't even thought about at the beginning.