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In today’s episode, we’re going to learn everything about the Vorarlberger Referendum of 1919 in which the Vorarlbergers voted to secede from Austria and become a Swiss canton.. This video covers the background behind it, who supported it and who didn’t and why they weren’t allowed to join Switzerland. The referendum is still very present in Austria’s memory, which is why the state of Vorarlberg is often called „Kanton Übrig”, which means something along the lines of “remaining canton.”

Sources:
- Bilgeri, Benedikt: Geschichte Vorarlbergs - Band 5. Kanton oder Bundesland, Untergang und Wiederkehr, Vienna a.o. 1971.
- Koller, Christian: „... der Wiener Judenstaat, von dem wir uns unter allen Umständen trennen wollen." Die Vorarlberger Anschlussbewegung an die Schweiz, in: Konrad, Helmut & Maderthaner, Wolfgang (Ed.): ... der Rest ist Östereich. Das Werden der Ersten Republik - Band 1, Vienna 2008, pp. 83-102.
- Pichler, Meinrad: Geschichte Vorarlbergs - Band 3. Das Land Vorarlberg 1861 bis 2015, Innsbruck 2017.

Music Used:
Haydn - Surprise (Symphony no. 94)
Mozart - Symphony No. 40 (Molto Allegro)
Von Suppe - O du mein Österreich

Chapters:
0:00 Austria Hungary and the Final Days of WW1
1:53 Atlas VPN
3:11 The Vorarlberg Referendum
6:55 Voices of Opposition
10:10 Switzerland's Position
12:29 The Idea of Anschluss lives on
13:37 Endcard