Hitler hated the multi-ethnic composition of Austria's ruling Habsburg Empire. Determined to avoid military service, he moved to Munich in 1913. Hitler was keen to prove his loyalty to Germany.

When I was young my grandfather told me that he emigrated from Austria-Hungary as a teenager in 1907 to avoid being drafted into the army of the Habsburg Empire. Like many Europeans, he was trying to ...

Russia's new map of Ukraine is drawing attention. After years of fighting, Russia is shaping its post-war presence. The Kremlin is taking control of southeastern Ukraine, with new laws changing ...

Belgium began the second half of the 19 th century as a young and prosperous nation, assembled in 1830 from a bilingual and bi-cultural former outpost of the Habsburg empire. By the time of the 1894 ...

This was in the midst of the First World War. Freud lived in Vienna, and the Habsburg Empire was engaged in a full-blown war with Russia, Britain and France. Freud discussed the manuscript about ...