Gábor, Egry, October 21st, 2019 Francis Joseph's statue was initially a very controversial piece of public art in the city of Karánsebes/Karansebesch/Caransebes. Once the seat of a border regiment (which was disbanded in 1876), the region gave a series of well-known and loyal … [Read more...] about The strange afterlife of Francis Joseph(‘s Statue)
Anna, Adorjáni
Anna Adorjáni is a PhD student at the University of Vienna, Department of East European History. She studied social history, international relations, and cultural heritage at Babeş-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) and at Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary). … [Read more...] about Anna, Adorjáni
Summer 1919 in (German-)Austrian Tyrol: Much Ado About… One Cow in Außervillgraten
Christopher Wendt, September 18th 2019 [„]Mir hat keine Bezirkshauptmannschaft und keine andere Behörde was zu schaffen, und sie,[„] auf den Postenleiter Vogel mit der Hand deutend, [„]können mich am Arsch lecken, schaffen kann nur der Herrgott und ich, sonst gibt es keine … [Read more...] about Summer 1919 in (German-)Austrian Tyrol: Much Ado About… One Cow in Außervillgraten
Hungarian Revolutionaries on the Adriatic Shores
Ivan Jeličić, September 2nd, 2019 Police files can tell fascinating stories, even more when the local police operated in a former Hungarian port-city where a long and uncertain transition from the Habsburg Monarchy to new states was (un)resolved by the presence of an … [Read more...] about Hungarian Revolutionaries on the Adriatic Shores
“A Serious Lack of Discipline”: Robberies and the Abuse of Authority at the Polish-Romanian Border
Elisabeth Haid, August 10th, 2019 The Establishment of a New Border When the short-lived Western Ukrainian People’s Republic, which claimed the Ukrainian-inhabited territories of the former Habsburg Monarchy, was militarily defeated in summer 1919, a new border was established. … [Read more...] about “A Serious Lack of Discipline”: Robberies and the Abuse of Authority at the Polish-Romanian Border