Glauben im Hinterland

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Culture, resistance and violence: guarding the Habsburg Ostgrenze with Montenegro in 1914

“…In particular, reports created a clear image of Balkan 'cruelties', often specifically Serbian cruelties (Serbengreuel) 55 . An image of paramilitaries, referred to as 'komitadjis' emerged from the reports of the Balkan Wars, but was also used through the war years by Habsburg combatants to refer to all armed Serbs whether regular soldiers or not 56 One of the ways in which Orthodox culture was kept alive during the Habsburg period was through religious practices such as pilgrimages 96 . In August 1913, an annual pilgrimage to the Orthodox Church at Kosijerevo 97 was forbidden due to fears of an outbreak of cholera 98 .…”

“…When the Habsburg army captured Loznica in Serbia in August 1914, they captured enemy intelligence, which led to the arrest of 101 Orthodox priests in Bosnia and Hercegovina103 . Vidak Parežanin, a priest from Lastva was hanged in early August 1914.Just before his execution, he shouted out 'Long Live King Petar'104 , a defiant gesture reminiscent of Guglielmo Oberdan's execution in Trieste in 1882 which had been used as an anti-Habsburg protest105 .Soldiers subsequently expressed regret at the atrocities against Orthodox people in 1914 in memoirs written after the events with some benefit of hindsight. Contemporary commentators have also been struck by the extreme callousness of the 1914 executions106 .…”

Culture, resistance and violence: guarding the HabsburgOstgrenzewith Montenegro in 1914

“…100 One of the ways in which Orthodox culture was kept alive during the Habsburg period was through religious practices such as pilgrimages. 101 In August 1913, an annual pilgrimage to the Orthodox Church at Kosijerevo 102 was forbidden due to fears of an outbreak of cholera. 103 The following August, the monastery was set alight by local Schutzkorps who burnt books and manuscripts.…”

“…108 Vidak Parežanin, a priest from Lastva, was hanged in early August 1914. Just before his execution, he shouted out 'Long Live King Petar' , 109 a defiant gesture reminiscent of Guglielmo Oberdan's execution in Trieste in 1882, which had been used as an anti-Habsburg protest. 110 Soldiers subsequently expressed regret at the atrocities against Orthodox people in 1914 in memoirs written after the events with some benefit of hindsight.…”