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Cartoon on relations between Austria and the Soviet Union (9 December 1961)
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Cartoon on relations between Austria and the Soviet Union (9 December 1961)

‘Make the Krampus disappear! … "I'm not scared of you, so there!"' In December 1961, in response to the criticism from Moscow regarding the attempts to establish closer links between Austria and the European Economic Community (EEC), the Vienna-based daily newspaper Arbeiter-Zeitung refers to the legend of St Nicolas and the ‘Krampus' — a hideous character dressed in an animal skin and armed with a whip and little bells to frighten children — in order to illustrate Austria's attitude to Moscow.

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Title Cartoon on relations between Austria and the Soviet Union (9 December 1961)
Document type Cartoon
Source E., Schafft den Krampus ab!.I fürcht mi aber net vor dir, etsch!, in Arbeiter-Zeitung. 03.12.1961, No 281, p. 1.
Keywords Austria, EEC, European integration, neutrality, USSR
Copyright © Arbeiter Zeitung
Caption ‘Make the Krampus disappear! … "I'm not scared of you, so there!"' In December 1961, in response to the criticism from Moscow regarding the attempts to establish closer links between Austria and the European Economic Community (EEC), the Vienna-based daily newspaper Arbeiter-Zeitung refers to the legend of St Nicolas and the ‘Krampus' — a hideous character dressed in an animal skin and armed with a whip and little bells to frighten children — in order to illustrate Austria's attitude to Moscow.
Location in the digital library SPECIAL FILES >> Austria and the European integration process >> Austria and the European Communities >> Relations with the European Communities
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See also Address given by Karl Czernetz on Austria’s accession to EFTA (Strasbourg, 20 January 1960)
Agreement between the European Economic Community and Austria (Brussels, 22 July 1972)
European Community aid to Eastern Europe
Redefining links with EFTA
European Parliament resolution on enlargement and neutrality (24 March 1994)
Austria in Europe
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