World War I, November 1918] Austrya-The Witch operated on at the Wilhelm Establishment, died after severe contractures of senile senility [...].
[Inc.:] Overwhelmed with immeasurable joy, they announce to the until recently subjugated and now free Nations that their evil stepmother Austrya-the Witch operated on at the Wilhelm Institution, has died after severe contractures of senile rigidity, cursed by all who had the misfortune to come into contact with her. Her hideous funeral was held these days in the fields of Macedonia, on the Piave and beyond the Rhine. May she rest in eternal peace and may she never live to see her resurrection. [Cracow, XI 1918].
Signed: Poles, Czechoslovaks, Yugoslavs.
Printed at the bottom: funeral home of Wilson and S-ki.
Printed 1 p. measuring 20.8x29 cm. Loss of lower corner and framg. g. marg., traces of folding, small tears at folds.
Satirical obituary of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy published and posted on the walls in the first days of the liberation of Cracow.
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