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Češi a "válečné nadšení" na prahu Velké války
The Czechs and "War Enthusiasm" on the Doorstep of the Great War
[journal article]
Abstract The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 was accompanied by mass enthusiasm. This
wave of enthusiasm (Kriegsbegeisterung) was particularly high in Austro-Hungary. In the regions
where the German population was significantly large crowds thronged the streets singing patriotic
songs such as “Wac... view more
The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 was accompanied by mass enthusiasm. This
wave of enthusiasm (Kriegsbegeisterung) was particularly high in Austro-Hungary. In the regions
where the German population was significantly large crowds thronged the streets singing patriotic
songs such as “Wacht am Rhein”, “Heil Dir im Siegeskranz”, “The Radecky Marsch”, “Prince
Eugene Marsch”. They also arranged tributes in front of monuments, state buildings and military
headquarters. Despite the fact that the operation to mobilise the Czech military went smoothly
the German public noticed the lack of enthusiasm amidst the Czech soldiers and consequently the
Czechs were seen as indifferent and even hostile. There was an attempt to promote demonstrations
in Prague as an expression of Czech-German reconciliation. However as these were organised by
the German minority in Prague the Czechs continued in their lack of fervour and viewed the war
as a German one rather than Czech.... view less
Keywords
First World War; war; attitude; Austria-Hungary; patriotism; Czech; German
Classification
General History
Free Keywords
war enthusiasm
Document language
Czech
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 85-92
Journal
Historická sociologie / Historical Sociology (2014) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14712/23363525.2014.5
ISSN
1804-0616
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works