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title: 'Oklic / Kundmachung (Proclamation): Colonel-General Boroević''s 60th birthday, Postojna (Adelsberg)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/boroevic-60th-birthday-notice-postojna-1916/
description: A two-column notice, in Slovene on the left and German on the right, in which the district captain relays the thanks of Colonel-General Svetozar Boroević…
section: Collection
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# Oklic / Kundmachung (Proclamation): Colonel-General Boroević's 60th birthday, Postojna (Adelsberg)

A two-column notice, in Slovene on the left and German on the right, in which the district captain relays the thanks of Colonel-General Svetozar Boroević von Bojna for birthday greetings and calls on the population to place unshakable trust in the 'iron will to victory' of the 'hero of the Isonzo front'. The tells are the general's prestige lent to a request for confidence and the abstract victory-will wording, with no result or figure offered.

## Text on the object

Original (Slovene and German) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
[left column, Slovene]
Št. 212/pr.

Oklic.

Dne 2. decembra t. l. je praznoval Njega ekselenca proslavljeni vojskovodja soške armade, c. in kr. generalni oberst Svetozar Boroević plem. Bojna, šestdesetletnico svojega rojstva.
Svest si soglasja prebivalstva tukajšnjega okraja sem ob tem povodu v imenu vseh oblasti in uradov, vseh zavodov in sploh vsega prebivalstva okraja v iskreni hvaležnosti izrazil globokovdana, najspoštljivejša voščila, želeč blagoslova Njega ekselenci, čigar izredna vojvodska ženijalnost je dosegla, da je zavratni sovražnik po tolikih mesecih vzlic velikanski premoči in vzlic neštevilnim žrtvam z malenkostno razliko še danes tam, kjer je stal o pričetku zločinsko povzročene vojne.
Vidno vzradoščen se je zahvalil Nj. ekselenca za to pozornost ter mi je naročil, naj objavim njegovo presrčno zahvalo vsem tozadevnim činiteljem kakor sploh vsemu prebivalstvu.
Z veseljem izvršujem tem potom to prijetno dolžnost ter porabljam priložnost, da ponovno pozivljam k neomahljivemu, pogumnemu zaupanju v neporušljivo moč in železno zmagodobitno voljo junaka soške bojne črte.

V Postojni, dne 7. decembra 1916.

Dr. Pilshofer,
c. kr. okrajni glavar.

[right column, German]
Zl. 212/pr.

Kundmachung.

Am 2. Dezember l. J. feierte Seine Exzellenz der ruhmbedeckte Führer der Isonzoarmee, k. u. k. Generaloberst Svetozar Boroevic von Bojna, seinen sechzigsten Geburtstag.
Im Bewußtsein der Übereinstimmung mit allen Bezirksinsassen habe ich aus diesem Anlasse Seiner Exzellenz, dessen hervorragendes Feldherrngenie es zuwege brachte, daß der hinterhältige Feind nach so vielen Monaten trotz enormer Übermacht und trotz der Hekatombenopfer mit einem ganz geringen Unterschiede heute noch dort ist, wo er am Beginn des von ihm frevlerisch entfachten Krieges stand, die tiefergebensten, respektvollsten Glück- und Segenswünsche aller Behörden und Ämter, aller Anstalten und überhaupt der gesamten Bevölkerung des Bezirkes nebst tiefgefühltem Danke dargebracht.
Sichtlich erfreut dankte Seine Exzellenz für diese Aufmerksamkeit und beauftragte mich, seinen herzlichen Dank auch den inbetracht kommenden Faktoren sowie überhaupt der gesamten Bevölkerung zu vermitteln.
Mit Freuden erfülle ich hiemit diese angenehme Pflicht und benütze den Anlaß zu unentwegtem, mutigen Vertrauen in die unerschütterliche Kraft und den eisernen Siegeswillen des Helden der Isonzofront neuerdings aufzurufen.

Adelsberg, am 7. Dezember 1916.

Dr. Pilshofer,
k. k. Bezirkshauptmann.

[library stamp lower left: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Wien; handwritten shelfmark lower right: WK 14-18 ADE 16-12-07]
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English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
[German column] On 2 December of this year His Excellency the glory-covered leader of the Isonzo Army, Imperial and Royal Colonel-General Svetozar Boroević von Bojna, celebrated his sixtieth birthday. In the awareness of agreement with all inhabitants of the district, I have on this occasion brought to His Excellency, whose outstanding generalship achieved that the treacherous enemy, after so many months, despite enormous superiority and despite hecatombs of sacrifice, is with a very slight difference still where he stood at the beginning of the war he recklessly kindled, the most devoted and respectful good wishes and blessings of all authorities and offices, all institutions and of the whole population of the district, together with heartfelt thanks. His Excellency, visibly pleased, thanked us for this attention and charged me to convey his warm thanks to the relevant parties and to the whole population. I gladly perform this pleasant duty and use the occasion to call once more for unwavering, courageous trust in the unshakable strength and the iron will to victory of the hero of the Isonzo front. Adelsberg, 7 December 1916. Dr. Pilshofer, k. k. district captain. [The Slovene column carries the same text.]
```

Read from the committed 1280 px image; the Slovene column is a parallel text of the German. Spellings are kept as printed. Translation of the German column by machine, not verified by a fluent reader.

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