Major General Dr. h. c. Eduard Fischer, 1862–1935, With the outbreak of

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, Bukovina then part of

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was immediately under siege by the Russian armies. Knight of the Maria Theresa Order, was a colonel (later Gendarmerie major general) commanding the Austrian gendarmerie in

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. The north of

and Czernowitz, the capital, fell within a month. Meanwhile, in the unoccupied part of southern Bukovina, an armed resistance group was formed under the command of Colonel Eduard Fischer. His army included many volunteers in addition to the gendarmerie forces. The key points of resistance were Gura Humora and Kimpulung. Fischer fended off the enemy forces, and retook the capital, but only for a short time. The Russians occupied Czernowitz once again on November 20, 1914. He is buried in Vienna, in the cemetery

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, in a grave of honour, Group 49, Number 234.

Books

* * Едуард Фішер. Війна без армії. Моя оборона Буковини проти росіян / Едуард Фішер; пер. з нім., коментарі та епілог Володимира Заполовського. Чернівці: Книги - XXI, 2019.

References

* Заполовський В. М. Буковина в останній війні Австро-Угорщини. 1914-1918 �екст/ В. М. Заполовський ; відп. ред. С. Д. Осачук. - Чернівці : Золоті литаври, 2003. - 242с., 21 арк. фотоіл.: фотоіл., карти. - Бібліогр.: с. 206-228. * Заполовський В. Генерал-майор Едуард Фішер (1862—1935): (біографічна розвідка) // Буковина: історичні та етнографічні студії. Матеріали IV Міжнародної наукової конференції «Кайндлівські читання». — Чернівці: Зелена Буковина, 2007. * * Fischer's memoirs: * * funeral picture in the newspaper "Wiener Bilder" http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=wrb&datum=19350630&seite=4&zoom=2 *grave picture http://www.viennatouristguide.at/Friedhoefe/Hietzing/Ehrengraeber/z_fischer.htm Jewish military personnel Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Austrian knights Austrian memoirists Bukovina Jews Jewish Austrian writers Austrian police officers 1862 births 1935 deaths Knights Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa {{Austria-mil-bio-stub