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The Fall of the Habsburgs

The Habsburg Dynasty had ruled large parts of Europe and the world for 650 years. During World War I, however, the mighty Austro-Hungarian Empire sowed the seeds of its own demise. At the height of World War I, the world of the Habsburgs was on the brink of collapse. Almost exactly 100 years ago to the day, in April 1918, the most sensitive diplomatic mission of the First World War became a Europe-wide scandal: the so-called "Sixtus Affair". Secret negotiations between the Austrian imperial family and France were supposed to bring peace to the Danube monarchy – and their failure caused the war to escalate and the Habsburgs to fall.

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  • Eszter Hollósi

    Eszter Hollósi

    Narrator

  • Dörte Lyssewski

    Dörte Lyssewski

    Narrator

  • Dieter Witting

    Dieter Witting

    Narrator

  • Leopold Altenburg

    Leopold Altenburg

    Kaiser Karl

  • Daniela Golpashin

    Daniela Golpashin

    Kaiserin Zita

  • Raphael von Bargen

    Raphael von Bargen

    Tamás Graf Erdödy

  • Jens Claßen

    Jens Claßen

    King George V

  • Stanislaus Dick

    Stanislaus Dick

    Prinz Sixtus von Bourbon-Parma

  • Thomas Eichhorn

    Thomas Eichhorn

    Außenminister Graf Ottokar Czernin

Overview

The Habsburg Dynasty had ruled large parts of Europe and the world for 650 years. During World War I, however, the mighty Austro-Hungarian Empire sowed the seeds of its own demise. At the height of World War I, the world of the Habsburgs was on the brink of collapse. Almost exactly 100 years ago to the day, in April 1918, the most sensitive diplomatic mission of the First World War became a Europe-wide scandal: the so-called "Sixtus Affair". Secret negotiations between the Austrian imperial family and France were supposed to bring peace to the Danube monarchy – and their failure caused the war to escalate and the Habsburgs to fall.

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