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The Austrian resistance was launched in response to the rise of the fascists across Europe and, more specifically, to the Anschluss in 1938 and resulting occupation of Austria by Germany.
An estimated 100,000 people[1] were reported to have participated in this resistance with thousands subsequently imprisoned or executed for their anti-Nazi activities. The main cipher of the Austrian resistance was O5, in which "O" indicates the first letter of the abbreviation of Österreich (OE), with the "5" indicating the fifth letter of the German alphabet (E). This sign may be seen at the Stephansdom in Vienna.
The Moscow Declarations of 1943 laid a framework for the establishment of a free Austria after the victory over Nazi Germany. It stated that "Austria is reminded, however that she has a responsibility, which she cannot evade, for participation in the war on the side of Hitlerite Germany, and that in the final settlement account will inevitably be taken of her own contribution to her liberation."[2]
- ^ Heath, Tim (2021). Resistance Heroines in Nazi and Russian Occupied Austria Anschluss and After. Virginia Wells, Herti Bryan. Havertown: Pen & Sword Books Limited. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-5267-8790-3. OCLC 1321799255.
- ^ "MOSCOW CONFERENCE, October, 1943". www.ibiblio.org.