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Description: | Translation of his First World War recollections (27pp ts), written during 1931 - 1932, recording his call-up into the 15th Schützen Regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Army at Troppau, Silesia, in October 1915, the "sadistic" training to which he was subjected, journey to the Eastern Front in February 1916 and the severe shortage of food rations en route (forcing them to dig up rotting potatoes from the fields), coming under Russian artillery and air attack and engaging in fierce trench battles during May - June 1916, culminating in a lengthy retreat in the face of superior Russian force, the death of the Austrian Emperor in November 1916, the armistice between Russia and the Central Powers in December 1917 and the consequent fraternisation between Russian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers at the front, a period of leave in January 1918 and service on the Italian Front from April 1918, during which he was wounded in heavy fighting on the Piave River in early July and as a result of which he spent the rest of the war away from the battlefront; the transcription of the account, together with facsimiles of numerous associated photographs relating to Kunisch's military service and to his family, are contained in two volumes.
Cataloguer SWW
Catalogue date 2001-02 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Kunisch, E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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