Austrian Field Marshal
Austrian Field Marshal
I'm not sure what section this question belongs in, so I'm sticking it here, on general principles.
I've read that one of the Jewish men killed in the death camps had been a Field Marshal in the Royal & Imperial Austro-Hungarian Army. But I've been unable to find his name.
Does anyone know who this person is? Or is this one of the wars' many myths?
I've read that one of the Jewish men killed in the death camps had been a Field Marshal in the Royal & Imperial Austro-Hungarian Army. But I've been unable to find his name.
Does anyone know who this person is? Or is this one of the wars' many myths?
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It is certainly a myth that any Austro-Hungarian Field Marshals died as a result of the persecutions of the Jewish people during the 2nd World War. In fact none of the WW1 Field Marshals were Jewish and only Erhherzog Eugen, Erzherzog Joseph and Eduard Freiherr von Böhm-Ermolli were still alive during the 2nd World War (Böhm-Ermolli, who was a Charakter or brevet Field Marshal in the German Army died in December 1941).
The most likely candidate was the retired Feldmarschalleutnant (Lieutenant General) Johann Friedländer, who was Jewish and is reported in Erwin A Schmidl's "Jews in the Habsburg Armed Forces" to have died in a concentration camp during the war.
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The most likely candidate was the retired Feldmarschalleutnant (Lieutenant General) Johann Friedländer, who was Jewish and is reported in Erwin A Schmidl's "Jews in the Habsburg Armed Forces" to have died in a concentration camp during the war.
Glenn
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Austro-Hungarian Field Marshals 1848-1918
For biographies and pictures of the Field Marshals of Austria-Hungary in WWI, go to:
http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/marshals.htm
http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/marshals.htm