The presidents of Austria, Croatia and Slovenia visited the new First World War exhibition at the Austrian National Library this month.
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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 an exhibition.
Continue readingExhibition: 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.
Continue readingExhibition: 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.
Continue readingThe photograph which reveals the “muddled and mangled” history of assassin Gavrilo Princip
In a special article for Centenary News, author Tim Butcher reveals the myths and historical mistakes which surround the story of gunman Gavrilo Princip.
Continue readingThe photograph which reveals the “muddled and mangled” history of assassin Gavrilo Princip
In a special article for Centenary News, author Tim Butcher reveals the myths and historical mistakes which surround the story of gunman Gavrilo Princip.
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Trentino remembers La Guerra Bianca as it prepares for the Centenary
Mike Swain reports on plans underway in Trentino, northern Italy, to mark the ‘White War’, which saw thousands of Austro-Hungarian and Italian troops engage in the mountains.
Continue readingTrentino remembers La Guerra Bianca as it prepares for the Centenary
Mike Swain reports on plans underway in Trentino, northern Italy, to mark the 'White War', which saw thousands of Austro-Hungarian and Italian troops engage in the mountains.
Continue readingCentenary News in Brief: 31st May – 6th June 2014
Centenary News in Brief this week includes: A French festival will examine how the First World War has been depicted in cartoons; the Museum of Military History in Vienna launches a Centenary photograph competition; a Centenary conference in Kuala Lumpur; and a nine foot Centenary statue is installed in County Durham.
Continue readingCentenary News in Brief: 7th – 13th June 2014
Centenary News in Brief this week includes: New records released by the National Archives; a free e-book of First World War letters; The Lingo of No Man’s Land exploring trench slang is republished; and a symposium on the Central Powers during the First World War in Austria.
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