Here are some Wikipedia entries about places and people in the story.
In West Germany, the Burschenschaftenwere re-established in the 1950s, but they faced a renewed crisis in the 1960s and 1970s, as the mainstream political outlook of the German student movement of that period started learning more towards the left. Roughly 160 Burschenschaften exist today in Germany, Austria and Chile.
Where the spa was: Waidhofen an der Ybbs (German: [vaɪtˈhoːfn̩ an deːɐ̯ ˈɪps]) is a statutory city (Statutarstadt) in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The city had a population of 11,662 as of the 2001 census and an area of 131.56 km². It was first mentioned in 1186 and has been the economic centre of the Ybbstal region since the 14th century.
Adolf Hitler as an honorary citizen
It took until May 2011 for the municipal council of Waidhofen an der Ybbs to finally vote in favour of repealing Adolf Hitler’s honorary citizenship.[3]
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