1. Projects of the Austrian State Archives
commemorating the outbreak of the 1st
World War
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Thomas Just – Austrian State Archives

2. National Library
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3. Schallaburg Castle
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4. Salzburg Museum
Krieg.
Trauma. Kunst.
Salzburg und der
Erste Weltkrieg.
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5. Potiorek reporting the assasination of archduke
Franz Ferdinand and duchess Sophie
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6. Death Certificate of Franz Ferdinand
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7. The Austrian State Archives and the First
World War
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 We hold quite a lot of fonds regarding the First World
War:
 The Imperial War Archive
 The Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv
 Finanz- und Hofkammerarchiv
 We have a lot of material and were expected to do
something... And we did the following:

8. The photographic collection
 We digitised
300.000 War
pictures from
the War
Archive
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9. Examples
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10. Examples
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11. We choose different approaches - Here is
the classic one
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 PapierkriegQuellen
zur Geschichte des
Ersten Weltkrieges in
Archiven Österreichs,
Deutschlands und
Tschechiens. MÖStA
57 (2014)

12. Another classic...
 Mitteilungen des
Österreichischen
Staatsarchivs,
Inventarband 3 -
Zeugen des
UntergangsEgo-
Dokumente zur
Geschichte des
Ersten Weltkriegs im
Österreichischen
Staatsarchiv
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13. Then we choose to publish a 3rd book
 Wolfgang
Maderthaner/Michael
Hochedlinger:
"Untergang einer
Welt. Der große
Krieg 1914 - 1918 in
Fotografien und
Texten"
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14. We use Facebook, where we post extracts
from the diary of Alexander Spitzmüller
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15. Then we made an exhibition: „Extraausgabee
-! Die Medien und der Krieg“
 Topics are the media
and the war. Music.
Literature. War
photography. The
„Kriegspressequartier
“ the department for
war propaganda.
Movies. Modern Art
2014. The Trench.
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16. Some impressions from the exhibition
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19. Learn more about the exhibition via an app
Android Iphone
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20. You can follow us also on Twitter:
@extraausgabee
 Offers pictures from
the war archive
connected with
literature
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21. More information about the exhibition
 Please check the
URL:
http://bka.gv.at/site/4798/default.aspx
 There you can
download the
publication, which
was made for the
exhibition
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22. And then we made a Web Portal :
http://wk1.staatsarchiv.at
 It is an online exhibition which offeres more than 5000
digitised objects: Files, fotographs, pictures.
 23 theme groups
 For the first time the declaration of war against Serbia
is online, also the trial against the assasins of
Sarajevo can be found online
 We show photographic material, materials from the
every day life in the monarchy, material from strikes in
the armaments industries and many more
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23. The diaries of General Karl Schneller and the
every day situation reports from the Field
Army Command for the emperor
 For the first time we will present the war diary of the
Austrian General Karl Schneller and the everyday
situation reports from the Field Army Command for the
emperor.
 Each day we will confront the text of the diaries with
the situation reports. From the beginning of the war till
the end in 1918. We offer the inside knowledge of a
high ranked general in contrast with the official
reports.
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24. Thank you.
The Austrian State Archives and the First World War,
follow us on:
The Web: http://wk1.staatsarchiv.at/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/extraausgabee
For Android For Iphone
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