Dokumentární fotografie z období 1. světové války

Abstract

The collection of photographs presents a brief history of World War I at eastern and southern front. The author of these pictures, Jindřich Bišický (1889– 1949), was an official photographer of the 47th regiment of c.k. Austrian-Hungarian army during his military journey to Galicia, Bukovina as well as the southern Alps. He portrayed a daily life of soldiers also outside the direct battle actions. Further, the collection includes the evidence of lifestyle at the areas affected by war. For instance, pictures 24 and 26 preserve the memory of inhabitants living in Shtetl Delatyn who, with minor losses, survived World War I. It is however horrible that on July 1, 1941 the German army occupied Delatyn and on October 16, 1941 about 1950 Jews from this Shtetl were murdered in the forest outside the town and buried in three mass graves.

Keywords

• World War I
• Galicia
• Bukovina
• southern Alps
• daily life of soldiers