--- title: Mock death notice for Austria-Hungary, Prague, 28 October 1918 url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/rakousko-uhersko-parte-prague-1918/ description: A black-bordered Czech death notice (parte) announcing, in the voice of 'rejoicing citizens', the death of 'Austria-Hungary', hated by all nations, which… section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) [![Mock death notice for Austria-Hungary, Prague, 28 October 1918](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/rakousko-uhersko-parte-prague-1918.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/rakousko-uhersko-parte-prague-1918.jpg) # Mock death notice for Austria-Hungary, Prague, 28 October 1918 A black-bordered Czech death notice (parte) announcing, in the voice of 'rejoicing citizens', the death of 'Austria-Hungary', hated by all nations, which expired with the proclamation of the Czechoslovak state on 28 October 1918 after 300 years of its 'claws'. Above the title sits the double-headed eagle; a footer says the sheet is 'in aid of the Czechoslovak Legions'. The tell is the borrowed funeral form used to ridicule the fallen state. ## Text on the object Original (Czech) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` Poslední [illegible; printed beside the eagle] [double-headed eagle] [illegible] radostí jati oznamujeme všem českým občanům, že zalíbilo se všemohoucí spravedlnosti světské k nemístnému žalu všech [illegible] a přívrženců československého národa, povolati k sobě všemi národy nenáviděné Rakousko-Uhersko Dokonalo vyhlášením československého státu v pondělí 28. října 1918 k velké radosti nás všech, kteří jsme úpěli po 300 let pod jeho pařáty. Pohřbeno bylo slavnostně i se všemi znaky svými a orly, které ze svých sídel odstraněny byly a budou sníti o své pošlé slávě. Děkovné projevy následovati budou, až se ustálejí naše mysle. V PRAZE 1. den československé republiky, t. j. 28. října 1918. Plesající občané. Soustrastné projevy »věrných« spojenců se s díky odmítají. Ve prospěch Československých legií. ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` Last [illegible; printed beside the eagle] [double-headed eagle] [illegible] joy seized, we announce to all Czech citizens that it pleased all-powerful worldly justice, to the improper grief of all [illegible] and adherents of the Czechoslovak nation, to call to itself, hated by all nations, Austria-Hungary It expired with the proclamation of the Czechoslovak state on Monday 28 October 1918, to the great joy of all of us who had groaned for 300 years under its claws. It was buried solemnly, with all its emblems and eagles, which were removed from their seats and will dream of their lost glory. Thanks will follow once our minds have settled. IN PRAGUE, 1st day of the Czechoslovak Republic, i.e. 28 October 1918. Rejoicing citizens. Condolences from the 'faithful' allies are declined with thanks. In aid of the Czechoslovak Legions. ``` Read from a 3x enlargement of the 400 px image; the large type is clear, the small type partly. The opening words of the first paragraph, one noun in its second line and the words beside the eagle are not legible and are marked. From 'Rakousko-Uhersko dokonalo' onward the text agrees with the quotation in the museum's catalogue description. The printer's imprint at the left edge is omitted. [← De Telegraaf, No. 10.295, morning edition, front page (Amsterdam, 14 November 1918): "De Troelstra-revolutie 'Made in Germany'"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/de-telegraaf-troelstra-made-in-germany-1918/) [Americans All! Victory Liberty Loan →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/americans-all-1919/) ## Using the same techniques - [Behistun (Bisotun) rock relief and trilingual inscription of Darius I: the king, two attendants and the bound rebel leaders beneath the winged figure of Ahuramazda](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/behistun-relief-darius-and-rebels-521bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Card stacking, Name-calling, Testimonial). Content note: Shows bound captives before the king, and the inscription records the mutilation and public execution of rebel leaders, as the king's own account. - [Passional Christi und Antichristi: the emperor kisses the pope's foot (leaf 'Antichristus')](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/passional-christi-antichristi-emperor-kisses-pope-1521/) (Electoral Saxony · 1521 · Name-calling, Card stacking) - [Anacoana fut pendue sans raison (engraving in Le miroir de la cruelle et horrible tyrannie espagnole)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/anacoana-hanged-miroir-tyrannie-espagnole-1620/) (Dutch Republic · 1620 · Fear appeal, Name-calling). Content note: Engraving of a hanged, bare-breasted Taino woman, burning huts and people being killed by Spanish soldiers. - [Ondersoeckt de Geesten, ofse van den Duyvel syn, of niet (the De Witt brothers as devils)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ondersoeckt-de-geesten-de-witt-devils-1672/) (Dutch Republic · 1672 · Scapegoating, Name-calling) - [The Highlanders Medley, or The Duke Triumphant (A Loyal Song)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/highlanders-medley-duke-triumphant-1746/) (Great Britain · 1746 · Name-calling, Transfer) - [The North Briton, No. XLV, 23 April 1763 (John Wilkes), opening page](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/north-briton-no-45-wilkes-1763/) (Kingdom of Great Britain · Apr 23, 1763 · Name-calling) - [The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/revere-bloody-massacre-king-street-1770/) (Province of Massachusetts Bay · Mar 1770 · Name-calling, Card stacking). Content note: Hand-coloured engraving of bloodied dead and wounded colonists after soldiers fired on a crowd. - [Marche du Dom Quichotte moderne pour la deffence du Moulin des Abus (March of the Modern Don Quixote in Defence of the Mill of Abuses)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dom-quichotte-moulin-des-abus-1791/) (France · 1791 · Name-calling, Transfer)