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Becoming a Part of Austrian History

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October 18th 2008
Since we last spoke, many things have happened. Yesterday, I had the first class of my Geschichte der lateinische Schrift, History of the Latin Alphabet. It was pretty interesting, I could understand a fair amount of what he said , but I was pretty proud of myself. The girl sitting next to me kept trying to look at my notebook when she'd miss a date or somethi ... read more

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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more