Austria – Page 3 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Three presidents visit the Austrian National Library’s First World War exhibition

The presidents of Austria, Croatia and Slovenia visited the new First World War exhibition at the Austrian National Library this month.

April 3, 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 an exhibition.

April 9, 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.

May 7, 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.

May 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

The 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.

May 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

The 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.

Author: Tim Butcher

June 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

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.

Author: Mike Swain

June 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

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.

June 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary 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.

June 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary 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.