Hitler in 1941. Photo: wiki commons.

Globe and Mail – Three out of five Austrians want a “strong man” to lead the country and two out of five think things were not all bad under Adolf Hitler, according to a survey released on Friday.

Timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary next week of Austria’s annexation by Nazi Germany, the Market Institut poll for newspaper Der Standard found 61 per cent of respondents, mostly the elderly, liked the idea of a strong man as leader.

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