Miroslav a Velká válka

• Title in English: Miroslav and the Great War
• Authors: KRUTÍLKOVÁ Hana
• Year of publication: 2022
• Type: Chapter of a book
• Description: The initial enthusiasm for declaring World War I was lost from the turn of 1914/1915 as specific measures were introduced (the abolition of the free market and the introduction of central distribution of cereals, the ration system for sugar, bread and other strategic commodities). Although Miroslav and his rural surroundings were at an advantage over large cities, there was also a collapse of supply in the winter of 1916/1917, which led to an increase in economic crime. Many companies and trades have closed down. In 1915, the local political representation proceeded to rename the names of public spaces after the top representatives of Germany in order to declare the German character of the place. The state authorities encouraged the subscription of war loans, to which Miroslav and its citizens responded (whether voluntarily or not) more than engaged. The effects of the war severely affected federal life, which, with the exception of religious and innumerable economic communities, was in ruins, as well as education. While Czech institutions were hampered in their development, German general and middle-class education engaged in official pre-regime activities, collecting metals, sewing clothes for soldiers at the front, etc. a large number of decorations and fallen as the so-called yellow devils. The regiment was deployed on the Galician front, participated in the fighting on the Piava and extremely challenging clashes in the Julian Alps. Of the Miroslav men, more than 120 did not survive.