04:09

Ruth Deutschmann

Benjamin Epp

1916

They were in 1916, as Emperor Franz Joseph died - if I count right now - eleven years old? They have lived in Kufstein. Vienna, Kufstein is still relatively far apart. How far you have seen your family in the death of the Emperor? How was it reflected? And as we have thought of the Charles, his successor? In our family has ever talked anything about the death of Franz Joseph. He's just died, not well, like every human being? But we have never seen. There were then no radio and no television. And Charles, his successor - for us this was an unknown young man of whom we have heard only a few, only by hearsay. We were in Kufstein, a weekly newspaper, which was called the "Kufsteiner Grenzbote. And he now and then wrote in this exchange of Emperor Franz Joseph of Kaiser Karl. But that is with us in Kufstein, part of the population would have particularly shown as mourners - it has not been in Kufstein. This is just like that passed, because the population was quite different problems. The population had to look that she gets to eat. The people mourned their fallen sons and fathers and children. And the people - many people had no work. So it was back then, like everywhere, probably in Austria, only one hope: Peace. It may soon go the war ended. And there have even heard about - I can only remember - as some have hoped that Charles will be more willing to enter into peace negotiations, when the Emperor Franz Joseph. For the Emperor Franz Joseph to the Kaiser Wilhelm II was indeed subject to a formal, if I word this - I want the Emperor Franz Joseph to not now - which is actually died a long time - in retrospect insult. But the history - then you have indeed learned only that the Emperor Franz Joseph Wilhelm II, was actually forced to open the war against Serbia. It by itself does not actually wanted. He did not know. He was old, you know, and .. No. He did not want war. But he was just nothing left. The Germans wanted to win.