lived in the building.

In early 1919, the new socialist government of Austria confiscated, without compensation, both the building and the collection belonging to the Archduke Friedrich and evicted him. In 1920 the collection of prints and drawings was united with the collection of the former Imperial court library. In 1921 the building was renamed The Albertina.

During the Nazi era, in particular after the "Anschluss" or merger with Nazi Germany in 1938, artworks

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