Schaeben, Holger Am Nachmittag kommt der Führer. Schicksalsjahr

On the morning of 12 March 1938, the first tank units of the German Wehrmacht reach Salzburg. Hitler reaches for his homeland. Overnight the Nazis take power in the whole of Austria. With the Anschluss to the German Reich, fear and terror begin. Jews in particular are exposed to the brown henchmen. But the overthrow also knows profiteers. Holger Schaeben follows the events over 12 months.

Day by day and always from a different perspective. The main protagonists are Franz Krieger and Walter Schwarz, the young photo reporter in the service of the Nazis and the ostracised Jewish merchant. The staff also includes Federal Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg, Arturo Toscanini and the Trapp family, countless Nazi celebrities and ordinary citizens. Schaeben follows their traces with a great love of historical detail. The snapshots of human fates combine to form a gripping panorama. A year in the focus of world politics comes alive again