21 August 1917, a young Viennese hero: Oberleutnant Friedrich Franek The 11th battle of the Isonzo is Cadorna’s last push on the southern Isonzofront before Caporetto. And it is the bloodiest all Great War battles on the southern front. The two…
THE FIVE CROSSES
Northern foothills of the Hermada, as seen from the valley of Brestovizza-Bretovica pri Komn Cursed Hermada “In the evening we stop, waiting for the Sektorkommando to send us a guide. In this area, the never-ending duel of the artillery is…
HERMADA PROJECT
Badge of the 28 k.u.k. Infantry Regiment, the lions of Mt. Hermada. Their nickname was “Prager kinder” (Prague children). We decided to actively rewrite our history. To tell the true history of Trieste. The history cancelled by Fascist Italy, which occupied us in November 1918 and…
REPRESSION OF THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY AGAINST THE CITIZENS OF TRIESTE
*this legal act is translated in this blog entry CHARGED WITH SEDITIOUS GATHERING FOR CLAIMING LEGITIMATE RIGHTS AND REQUESTING COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW It cannot but rise perplexity the news, published by local newspaper “Il Piccolo” (and starting with this obscene title: gli “adepti”…
THE HEROES OF ZAGORA
THE HOCH UND DEUTSCHMEISTER ON THE ISONZO FRONT Zagora, November 1st, 1915, climax of the third battle of the Isonzo. The Italian Army tries a breach from the North, from the Plava Gorge, to conquer the much desired Gorizia. The…
CANCELLED HISTORY
After the Italian annexation in 1920, Trieste suffered the traumatic removal of its historical identity. Half a millennium of history was swiped away by the will of the occupants. It was forced Italianization, which actually means ethnical cleansing. From the Italianization…