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War Victims: During World War I 1.2 million soldiers of the Habsburg monarchy died on the battlefields and in prison camps. The number of people that died as a direct consequence of war action cannot be told exactly, but it is relatively low compared to those who died of malnutrition and epidemics. In 1936 70,000 people in Austria received invalidity benefits. During World War II many more people were killed or injured in Austria (within the borders of 1937). 247,000 Austrians who had served in the German Wehrmacht did not return from the war (76,000 were reported missing). More than 24,000 civilians were killed during air raids and during fights on Austrian territory in 1945. More than 32,000 Austrians died as a consequence of political persecution, 65,000 Jews fell victim to the racist frenzy of the Nazis. In 1948 more than 400,000 Austrians received war, invalidity, widow's or orphan's benefits, in 1997 their number was still at 85,000 ( war victims' benefits).