My Galician grandfather served in the Austrian army during WW I. He
delayed his marriage to my grandmother because of it. After his
service, they married and moved to the US in 1920 with my mother. I
don't know if he did his service as a matter of choice or whether he
just wasn't a draft dodger. Many of the Jewish soldiers were treated
terribly with regard to food and sanitary conditions. After coming
here, he died young of stomach cancer which I attribute to his service
in WW I.
Shelley
On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 5:37 PM, <hedbren_at_zahav.net.il> wrote:
> Hi
> You asked if Jews from Bukowina were in the Austrian army before 1918...
> Sure, they were proud to fight for their homeland Austria, for the Kaiser
> Franz Josef I, who gave many rights to the Jews...Read the story about the "
> Kaiser Franz Joseph und der Salzhering" von Edgar Hilsenradt...
> the youngest brother of my father, David Langhaus was shut in the WW1
> officer on the iIalian front, both brothers of my mother were also
> officersrs in that war, , in Vatra Dornei is a memorial of all military,
> from Vatra-Dornaei perished in that war, ,and there are many Jewish
> names...
>
> Regards
> Hedwig Brenner
> -
>
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