Austria – Page 2 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 16, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Archduke Franz Ferdinand descendant: don’t blame us for First World War’

Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, the grandson of the last emperor of Austria-Hungary, Karl I, has said there is no need for his family to show remorse for the First World War.

January 16, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Archduke Franz Ferdinand relative: don’t blame us for First World War’

Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, the grandson of the last emperor of Austria-Hungary, Karl I, has said there is no need for his family to show remorse for the First World War.

January 16, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Serbia claims letter from 1913 absolves it of blame for the outbreak of the First World War

The Director of the National Archive of Serbia, Dr. Miroslav Perisic, has unveiled a copy of a document from 1913 which he claims absolves Serbia of any “guilt” for outbreak of the First World War.

January 17, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Austrian press criticises Serbian presentation of 1913 document

The Austrian press has been critical of the presentation of a document by the National Archive of Serbia, which Serbia claims absolves it of any “guilt” in starting the First World War.

January 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Countdown: Five months until the 100 year anniversary of Archduke’s assassination

Today marks five months until the Centenary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and six months until Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.

January 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Exhibition: ‘Doomsday – Jewish Life and Death in World War I’, Vienna

The Jewish Museum in Vienna will explore the “grave consequences” for the Jews which came with the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in a new exhibition this spring.

End Date: 14 Sep 2014

February 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Exhibition: Total war and Austria-Hungary, Vienna

An exhibition at Vienna Technical Museum (Technisches Museum Wien), entitled Under the watchwords of war and technology, will explore the impact of total war on the battlefront to the home front on Austria-Hungary.

End Date: 03 May 2015

February 19, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Exhibition: Franz Ferdinand’s journey around the world, Vienna

An exhibition at the Weltmuseum in Vienna, Austria, will explore a ten month world trip that Archduke Franz Ferdinand made in 1892-93.

End Date: 02 Nov 2014

March 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Italian regional president calls for commemoration of Austro-Hungarian soldiers

The President of the Italian Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Deborah Serrachiani, has called for soldiers who fought for Austria-Hungary – who came from what is now Italian territory – to be commemorated.

March 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Exhibition: ‘World War I in Vienna – City Life in Photography and Graphic Art’

A new exhibition at the Wien Museum (Vienna Museum) in Austria will explore the impact of the First World War on the Home Front.

End Date: 18 Jan 2015