101 years ago: death of Kaiser Karl, the last #Habsburg Emperor, age 34, in exile.
https://www.habsburger.net/en/chapter/emperor-karl-i-and-collapse-monarchy
Stefan Zweig's classic memoir, The World of Yesterday (1943) describes the emperor leaving his homeland
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1 April 1922: death of last Habsburg Emperor Karl in exile on Madeira, age 34.
Here a military decoration from his brief reign: a relatively rare silver #medal for bravery, first class, during the final phase of #WorldWarI, 1917-18
designed by Heinrich Kautsch (1859-1943)
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And here a little #Ukrainian connection on the 101st anniversary of the death of the last #Habsburg Emperor Karl, 1 April 1922.
#Czernowitz (#Chernivtsi), capital of the #Bukovina, changed hands several times as the front shifted during the fierce fighting in the east. In July 1917, after Austro-Hungarian troops liberated the city from the brutal occupation of the #Russians, he made a triumphant return as depicted in this war relief stamp
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On the anniversary of the death of the last #Habsburg Emperor, Karl, 1 April 1922:
Unlike World War I in the west, the war in the east was mobile and the front shifted significantly back and forth. #Czernowitz (today: Chernivtsi, #Ukraine) changed hands several times.
In this short official film clip, residents enthusiastically greet him after Austro-Hungarian troops liberate the city from its Russian occupation in 1917.
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The #Russian occupation of #AustroHungarian territory--much of it now #Ukraine--during #WWI was brutal, marked by oppression & atrocities
Sound familiar?
This Austro-Hungarian film footage depicts the destruction of war & the joy of the residents at "The Liberation of the Bukovina. The Capture of #Czernowitz" (today: #Chernivtsi, Ukraine) in summer 1917, during the reign of Kaiser Karl (died 1 April 1922)
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