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from hand to hand. The Reich had guaranteed itself an
overwhelming majority in a rigged election. A staggering
99.75 percent of Austrians voted Yes. I did the same, then
went and barricaded myself in our apartment in Grinzing.
That evening, the news of the out- come would set off
extraordinary violence in the streets. Kurt worked in the
silence of his study. I touched his shoulder lightly. He
emerged from his dream to say, “Adele, did you find any
coffee? Yesterday’s was just terrible.”
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