It was one of Europe's greatest and longest lasting empires. By 1914 its emperor had ruled for more than six decades. And under the reign of Franz Joseph I, Jews throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire had come out of the ghetto and into society. His picture adorned their living room walls; prayers for his health were in every siddur (prayer book). And the Empire's Jews hoped that the rising tide of nationalism would be kept at bay. But history had other plans. This film was produced in Vienna by Wolfgang Els and narrated by Morley Safer.
Jewish Soldiers in the Austro-Hungarian Army
Lesson plans for this film
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Jewish Soldiers: Identity of the Jews from Transylvania in the 20. CenturyHistory
This lesson is an opportunity to make the students understand the situation of the minorities, namely the Jewish minority, who lived in the 20th century South-Eastern Europe, where nationalism soared...
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Jüdische Soldaten in der k.u.k. Armee - interaktives FilmskriptHistory
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Jüdische Soldaten in der K&K-ArmeeHistory
Eine einstündige Unterrichtseinheit zum Kurzfilm von Centropa, inkl. Materialien (in separatem Dokument). |
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Zsidó katonák a császári és királyi hadseregbenÓraterv
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A tanóra a Zsidó katonák az Osztrák-Magyar hadseregben című Centropa film segítségével igyekszik bemutatni, hogy a zsidóság milyen szerepet játszott a K und K hadseregben, ezáltal rávilágít a korszak asszimilációs... |
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