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It seems like an irony that the Republic of German-Austria (Deutsch-Österreich) was born precisely on the day of the seventieth anniversary of field marshal Prince Windischgraetz’s victory over the Viennese revolution of 1848.1 By the end of October 1918 the Habsburg Empire, a first-rate European power for more than four centuries, had ceased. The events unfolding against the backdrop of its demise — until 12 November 1918 — are known by the name of “Austrian Revolution.” Primarily of a political nature, this revolution sparked a process of de-feudalization and social upheaval. At the same time it marked the spectacular arrival on the historical scene of the proletarian masses.
An article in a Vienna daily of 3 November 1918 written by Paul Busson gives a vividly emotional description of the capital city besieged both by social unrest and a particularly vicious epidemic of Spanish flu:
Burning fever has befallen many of its [Vienna’s, W. M.] inhabitants, raging through their bodies, i...
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MADERTHANER, Wolfgang. Utopian Perspectives and Political Restraint: The Austrian Revolution in the Context of Central European Conflicts In: From Empire to Republic: Post-World War I Austria [online]. Innsbruck: innsbruck university press, 2010 (generated 29 mars 2024). Available on the Internet: <http://books.openedition.org/iup/1322?mobile=1>. ISBN: 978-3-903122-39-0.
Maderthaner, W. 2010. Utopian Perspectives and Political Restraint: The Austrian Revolution in the Context of Central European Conflicts. In Berger, P., Bischof, G., & Plasser, F. (Eds.), From Empire to Republic: Post-World War I Austria. innsbruck university press. Retrieved from http://books.openedition.org/iup/1322?mobile=1
Maderthaner, Wolfgang. “Utopian Perspectives and Political Restraint: The Austrian Revolution in the Context of Central European Conflicts”. Berger, Peter, et al.. From Empire to Republic: Post-World War I Austria. Innsbruck: innsbruck university press, 2010. (pp. 52-66) Web. <http://books.openedition.org/iup/1322?mobile=1>.
BERGER, Peter (ed.) ; BISCHOF, Günter (ed.) ; and PLASSER, Fritz (ed.). From Empire to Republic: Post-World War I Austria. New edition [online]. Innsbruck: innsbruck university press, 2010 (generated 29 mars 2024). Available on the Internet: <http://books.openedition.org/iup/1311?mobile=1>. ISBN: 978-3-903122-39-0.
Berger, P., Bischof, G., & Plasser, F. (Eds.) 2010. From Empire to Republic: Post-World War I Austria. innsbruck university press. Retrieved from http://books.openedition.org/iup/1311?mobile=1
Berger, Peter, et al., ed. From Empire to Republic: Post-World War I Austria. Innsbruck: innsbruck university press, 2010. Web. <http://books.openedition.org/iup/1311?mobile=1>.
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From Empire to Republic
Post-World War I Austria
Peter Berger, Günter Bischof and Fritz Plasser (ed.)
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Utopian Perspectives and Political Restraint: The Austrian Revolution in the Context of Central European Conflicts