- Talerhof
Talerhof was a concentration camp, created by the Austro-Hungarian authorities of
Franz Joseph I of Austria in the first days ofWorld War I , in a sandy valley in foothills of the Alps, nearGraz , the main city of the province ofStyria .Austro-Hungarian authorities imprisoned
Ukrainian Russophiles , as well as otherUkrainians andLemkos from Galicia andBukovina . Over twenty thousand people were arrested and placed in the Austrian concentration camp in Talerhof. (Another concentration camp for supporters of Russia was the fortress atTerezín , now in the Czech Republic.)The first group of prisoners was interned in Talerhof by the soldiers of the Austrian regiment of Graz on September, 4, 1914.
Until the winter 1915, there were no barracks in Talerhof. Prisoners slept on the ground in the open-air during rain and frost. According to U.S. Congressman Medill McCormick, prisoners were beaten and tortured. [cite journal |title=Terrorism in Bohemia.; Medill McCormick Gets Details of Austrian Cruelty There |journal=New York Times |year=1917 |issue=December 16 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9502E7D81E3AE433A25755C1A9649D946696D6CF |accessdate=2008-09-28] On November 9, 1914 official report of field marshal Schleer said there were 5,700 Ukrainians in Talerhof. In all, 20 thousand people were prisoners of Talerhof from September 4, 1914 to May 10, 1917. The camp was closed by Emperor
Charles I of Austria , after the first 6 months of his 24 month reign. [cite web |last=Horbal |first=Bogdan |title=Talerhof |url=http://www.rusyn.org/histalerhof.html |accessdate=2008-01-20]In the first eighteen months of its existence, three thousand prisoners of Talerhof died.
Tens of thousands of Ukrainians were victims of reprisals which carried out by the Austro-Hungarian authorities in Galicia during World War I.
The camp site is now located at the
Graz Airport .People interned in Talerhof
*
Jaroslav Kacmarcyk [http://www.rusyn.org/histalerhof.html]
*Metodyj Trochanovskij
* Euphijon Venhrynovych (1861-1919) imprisoned 1914-1917 [http://www.carpatho-rusyn.og/lemko/images.htm]
* Vasylij Kuryllo (1861-1941) [http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/lemkos/images.htm]ee also
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Ukrainian Canadian internment
*Ukrainian Austrian internment
*Central Labour Camp Jaworzno References
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