Antun Scholz(Šolc) war memoirs from the Great War were published in 2020 in Croatia. This great book is a rare WW1 war diary writen by a Croatian soldier. Antun Šolc was born in Zagreb but his father was from Vienna and Antun was therefore sent to serve with 4.Inf.Rgt from Vienna. He was quickly transfered to 100.Inf.Rgt from Teschen. He writes that he was the only Croat in the Regiment. In the early 1915 100.IR was in Syrmia in the rear of the Serbian front, later it was transfered to Italian front when Italy declered war on 23.05.1915. With 100.IR Antun spent part of the war figthing on Italian front, participating in 1, 2 , 10, 11 and 12 Isonso battle and in fighting on the Piave front. In the diary he regularly writes about sending and recieving feldpost from family in Zagreb and from his brother Stanko serving with K.u.K 84.Inf.Rgt. By pure chance i acquired some of his feldpost cards...
Front cover of the book which I highly recommend to all readers.
20.03.1915 card from Antun to his sister Draga Šolc in Tkalčićeva street no.68 in Zagreb , his home adress. Posted via Fp.69. 2nd.battalion of 100.IR was part of 12.Gebirgs brigade and used its Feldpost no.69. Stationed in Syrmia.
18.04.1915 card from Antun to his sister Draga Šolc in Tkalčićeva street no.68 in Zagreb , his home adress. Mailed via Fp.69. Stationed in Syrmia.
24.05.1915 card from Antun to his sister Draga Šolc in Tkalčićeva street no.68 in Zagreb , his home adress. Mailed via Fp.69. This card was mailed a day after Italian declaration of war on Austro-Hungary. Antun writes that they are moving to "you know where and we are glad to go there" and "we are all in high spirits. I already know the thunder of the guns, nothing new". The next day Regiment moved from Syrmia to Italian front.
27.07.1917 card from Antun sister Vlasta in Zagreb to his brother Stanko in 84.IR, Fp.297 added by postman, censor cancel Zagreb in green . Fp.297 served 25.Inf.Division in Galicia on the Russian front. Text has handwritten date 17.07.1917, this is probably an writting error. Vlasta writes that she has mailed some photos to him and to Antun(nick Tonana), his war diary confirms this few days earlier.
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