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Teaching of basic data and events of the history of Austria in the 20th century. 

World War I, First Republic, February 1934, Road to the Anschluss, Austria as “Victim”, Crystal Night, Holocaust, Mauthausen and Hartheim, Postwar Planning, Second Republic and Cold War, State Treaty, Kreisky Era and after, South Tyrol.

This course focuses on Austria during the First Republic up to the Anschluß, Austria as a part of the Third Reich, Austria as “victim”, the Holocaust, post-war planning, the State Treaty, the Cold War, Kreisky, South Tyrol. This course includes a three-day field trip: Mauthausen/ Obersalzberg („Eagle’s Nest“,Kehlstein, NS-Exibition, etc.).

Combination of lectures, readings and media presentations with discussions, individual reports, field trip and final exam.
This course combines lectures, readings and media presentations with discussions, individual reports, field trips, and final exam. In addition to our regular meetings in the seminar room, there are 3 full days of field trips with overnights.

Essay, final exam.

Rolf Steininger, Austria, Germany and the Cold War, 1938-1955, Oxford/New York 2008/2012.
Rolf Steininger/Günter Bischof/Michael Gehler (eds.), Austria in the 20^th Century, New Brunswick/London 2002/2010. Rolf Steininger, South Tyrol: A Minority Conflict of the Twentieth Century, New Brunswick/London 2003.

Course in English language
Only in connection with three-day field trip.