‘Children of the enemy’ – What was life like for Austrian kids fathered by Soviet troopers?

By March 1938, with Nazi governments in command of both Berlin and Vienna, the nation was annexed to Germany (Anschluss) as Ostmark. In 1942 the name was modified to the „Alpen-und Donau-Reichsgaue“ („Alpine and Danubian Gaue“), thus eradicating any hyperlinks with a special Austrian previous. These two nations share a standard history, communicate the same language, but are incredibly totally different.