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Summary:

"For nearly all of the Great War, the Jewish doctor Bernhard Bardach served with the Austro-Hungarian army in present-day Ukraine. His diaries from that period, unpublished and largely overlooked until now, represent a distinctive and powerful record of daily life on the Eastern Front. In addition to key events such as the 1916 Brusilov Offensive, Bardach also gives memorable descriptions of military personalities, refugees, food shortages, and the uncertainty and boredom that inescapably attended life on the front. Ranging from the critical first weeks of fighting to the ultimate collapse of the Austrian army, these meticulously written diaries comprise an invaluable eyewitness account of the Great War"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• 1914: Poland, Russia, Carpathians
• 1915: Carpathians, Gorlice-Tarnów, Southern and Western Ukraine
• 1916: the Brusilov Offensive and its aftermath
• 1917: Winter in Ukraine ; inspections ; blockade ; worsening shortages
• 1918: Treaty of Brest Litovsk ; crippling shortages ; Piave ; war's end.

Author/Creator:

Bardach, Bernhard, 1866-1947 , author

Contributors:

Appelbaum, Peter C. , translator, writer of added commentary

Languages:

English
German

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Translated from (original): German

Main Work:

Diaries [by Bardach, B.] (English)

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Carnage and care on the Eastern Front [by Bardach, B.] (English-language edition; New York : Berghahn Books, [2018] — ISBN 9781785339790; LCCN 2018038656)

Subjects:

Bardach, Bernhard, 1866-1947 — Diaries

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy Heer — Medical personnel — Diaries

Jewish physicians — Europe, Eastern

Jewish soldiers — Europe, Eastern

World War, 1914-1918 — Personal narratives, Austrian

World War, 1914-1918 — Campaigns — Ukraine

War diaries

Physicians

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy Heer

Jewish soldiers

Jewish physicians

Eastern Europe

Medical personnel

Military campaigns

Ukraine

World War (1914-1918)

1914-1918

Genres:

Personal narratives

Diaries

Personal narratives — Austrian

General Notes:

Translated from German.
Includes bibliographical references (page [292]) and index.
Donated from the Rene and Jimmy Wisch Jewish Studies Collection.

Physical Description:

xx, 305 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Physical Characteristics:

map; illustration

Call Numbers:

D539.5.U37 B3713 2018

ISBNs:

9781785339783 (hardcover, alkaline paper)
1785339788 (hardcover, alkaline paper)
9781785339790 (electronic book) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2018015949

OCLC Numbers:

1048658547