Habsburg Sons describes Jewish participation in the Habsburg Army, 1788-1918, concentrating on World War I. Approximately 300, 000-350, 000 Jews fought in the Austro-Hungarian Armies on all fronts; of these, 30, 000–40, 000 died of wounds or illness, and at least 17% were taken prisoner in camps all over Russia and Central Asia. Many soldiers were Orthodox Ostjuden, and over 130 Feldrabbiner (chaplains) served among them. Antisemitism was present but generally not overt. The book uses personal diaries and newspaper articles (most available in English for the first time) to describe their stories, and compares the experiences of Jews in German, Russian, and Italian armies.
Table of Content
Table of ContentsForeword: A History of a Bygone Era, by Manfried Rauchensteiner
Jewish Soldiers in Habsburg Austria, by Gerald Lamprecht
Introduction
Plates
Chapter 1. Setting the Stage
Chapter 2. Jews in the Armies of Austro-Hungary before the Great War: A Comparative Framework
Chapter 3. The Kaiser Needs You! Initial Reaction to the Declaration of War
Chapter 4. Snapshots from the Eastern Front: Diaries, Memoirs, Reports
Chapter 5. Snapshots from Other Fronts: The Balkans, Italy, and Palestine
Chapter 6. Austro-Hungarian Feldrabbiner: Tallit, Torah, and Tobacco
Chapter 7. Captives of the Tsar in European Russia, Siberia, and Central Asia
Chapter 8. Epilogue. The Fate of Habsburg Jewish Veterans and Their Influence on Postwar Europe
Bibliography
About the author
Peter C. Appelbaum is Emeritus Professor of Pathology, Pennsylvania State University. His publications include Loyalty Betrayed (2014), Loyal Sons (2014), and, as translator/editor, Hell on Earth (2017), Carnage and Care on the Eastern Front (2018), Voyage into Savage Europe (2020), and Jewish Self Hate (2021). He is the recipient of the 2019 TLS-Risa Domb/Porjes Prize for Hebrew-English translation.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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