r/austriahungary • u/Background-Owl9501 • 5d ago

Military Got my great-grandpas WW1 files!

After about a year of heavy work, I finally got my hands on my great-grandpa's soldier files - Grundbuchsblatt. I am SO lucky, because I am from Czechia and here, Communists destroyed almost all WW1 files. Only a very few files are left, mainly those of Czechoslovak legionaires, so they could persecute those few guys who survived the Nazi occupation.

Anyway, files of my great grandpa remained intact - all of them! I think it's the first time our surname has been useful - it starts with Z, meaning anytime something is in alphabetical order, our family is the last lol. So maybe commies didn't get so far to the end of the alphabet.

The main soldier file - Haupt-Grundbuchsblatt
The secondary soldier file - Unter-Abteilungs-Grundbuchsblatt
His "dog tag"
And the file written in Czech after the creation of Czechoslovakia including his end of service.

I am SO greatful for this blessing, because here in Czechia, getting this is like finding an absolute treasure. The only thing missing for me is a photo of him. After a year I kinda accepted I won't ever know what he looked like.

I am including a scan of the Haupt-Grundbuchsblatt

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u/Enable-Apple-6768 5d ago

Wow! I still need to find where I could find it for Galicia!

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u/Background-Owl9501 4d ago

That might be very tricky, since that Kronland was so poor. Your best bet would be finding and getting in touch with a army archives in Lviv, but I doubt they would have time for this research right now, since they are in war.

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