I believe that anyone with a higher education, was automatically made an
officer in the reserve officer core, this might explain the anomaly.
Mimi
On 2/18/11 12:56 PM, "cornel fleming" <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net> wrote:
> Hi all ! I am reading a book titled "The Army of Francis Joseph" by
> Gunther E. Rothenberg. In relation to Jews the book says "The
> Austro-Hungarian Army was almost alone in the prewar European forces in
> opening its officer corps to Jews,some of whom,like Feldmarschall Leutnant
> Eduard Ritter von Schweitzer,reached high rank." It also states " while
> the Jewish population of the Dual Monarchy fluctuated around 5%, over 18% of
> the reserve officers were Jewish." I think that all this is reflected in
> the Jewish volunteers in the Czernowitz-based 41st "Prinz Eugen" Infantry
> Regiment and helps to explain why the Jews referred to it as "Unser
> Regiment". Cornel
>
>
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