Question

In the Anschluss, Hilter took over Austria because he believed

that all German people should be united
the land was key in defending Germany from the Allied Powers
that Germany needed Austria as a vital trading post
that Austria was harboring Jews

Answer 1

In the Anschluss, Hitler took over Austria because he believed that all German people should be united.

Anschluss is a German word that, in a political context, means "union". It was used to refer to the merger of Austria and Nazi Germany into a single nation, on March 12, 1938, including Austria as a province of the III Reich, passing from Österreich to Ostmark. This situation lasted until May 5, 1945, when the Allies occupied the German province of Ostmark. The Allied military government ended in 1955, when the new State of Austria was formed.

Hitler's motivation for annexing Austria was that he regarded the Austrians as German people living outside their nation. Therefore, the annexation of Austria was an obligatory step towards the attainment of the "Greater Germany".

Answer 2

In the Anschluss, Hitler took over Austria because he believed "that all German people should be united," since Hitler felt that this land and people were historically of German origin.