Opferthese

== German == === Etymology === From Opfer +‎ These. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔp͡fɐˌteːzə/ Hyphenation: Op‧fer‧these === Noun === Opferthese f (genitive Opferthese, no plural) (historical) Austria victim theory (1949–1988 Austrian ideological basis formed by Austrians themselves under Allied occupation and the independent Second Austrian Republic; according to the founders of the Second Austrian Republic, the 1938 Anschluss was an act of military aggression by the Third Reich and Austrian statehood had been interrupted, and, therefore, the newly revived Austria of 1945 could not be considered responsible for the Nazis' crimes in any way; the "victim theory" created in 1949 insisted that all of the Austrians, including those who strongly supported Adolf Hitler, had been unwilling victims of the Nazi regime and were therefore not responsible for its crimes) Synonym: Opfermythos ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Opferthese”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Opferthese” in Duden online “Opferthese”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008– “Opferthese” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon