The Anschluss ( the occupation and annexation of Austria , including Salzburg , into the Third Reich ) took place on 12 March 1938 , one day before a scheduled referendum on Austria 's independence . German troops moved into the city . Political opponents , Jewish citizens and other minorities were subsequently arrested and deported to concentration camps . The synagogue was destroyed . After Germany invaded the Soviet Union , several POW camps for prisoners from the Soviet Union and other enemy nations were organized in the city
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