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OldHank β The last soldier of Liechtenstein colorized
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In 1866, the small prinicpality of Liechtenstein, situated between Switzerland and Austria, had its last military engagement.Β Its entire army was sent to guard Stilfser Joch (Passo Stelvio) against an enemy thrust that never came. Although many Liechtensteiner had feared none of their 80-man army would return, they did and brought along an 81st soldier, an italian volunteer! Two years later in 1868, the army wasdisbanded.This is a colorized picture of the last soldier who proudly served Prince and country. He was born on the 8th of october 1844 and passed away in 1939 at the age of 95.
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FYI, you may want to correct the description a little, the picture says he died in 1936.
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Well, I've been to Liechtenstein myself a few years back and they still sell postcards with his picture on it, they all stated that he died in 1939. Also, other research pointed out that date, so my guess is that the '1936' in this picture is wrong.
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Really interesting! Some years ago the last soldier of ww 1. died, I thoughts thats rather cool too.
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Thanks! I know, i believe he was a sailor in the australian navy. Its surprising that these men lived so long after having experienced WWI and often even WW2. My great-grandfather also served in WWI, but he passed awey 1959 as he already was from an older draftyear in 1914.
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Do you think it will be better, when the last soldier of the 2. ww died?
I mean about old hate and stereotypes, since some people still say the Germans
are Nazis, tho this is already 70 years ago.
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It's indeed sad that so many people still hang on to old hatreds and stereotypes. Most of those people haven't even experienced the war themselves. Even my grandmother and my great-uncle (who was a resistance fighter), say that not all german soldiers were bad or nazi-fanatics.
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Oh yes itΒ΄s so funny and sad, I heard the war-generation was not so much in hate,
the real generation that started to hate, were the new born after the war, in the 60s
they started with it.
At least we modern people can have an objective and good view on it
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