The line is, almost verbatim across multiple disparate sources: &quot;Austria was the first victim of the Nazi&#x27;s&quot;.<p>Its so striking to hear it as a statement that it has become very much expected whenever I make a new acquaintance and the topic of discussion gets around to Austrian culture.  There is so much affinity for the cliché of it, that I think it still persists as a meme.  Austrians seem to love their wry, ironic, cliché .. and to excuse the current madness with a brush of &quot;oh, its normal for Austria to have such politics..&quot;