In 1918, a Budapest confectioner sent Queen Zita and her children a gift in the hope of drawing their attention to his latest invention. A single archival file reveals not only a clever marketing idea, but also the difficulties of feeding the civilian population during the First World War, contemporary efforts to promote healthy childhood development through nutrition, and the symbolic importance of the royal family.
We were pleased to welcome Reinhold Lopatka to our archives; since June, he has headed the training centre of the European People’s Party.
On 11 July, the Otto von Habsburg Foundation participated as a professional partner in a commemorative ceremony during which a bust was unveiled and the local bridge was officially named in honour of Otto von Habsburg.
On 4 July, we commemorated the fifteenth anniversary of Otto von Habsburg’s death and the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence at the Benedictine Archabbey of Pannonhalma, where our namesake’s heart urn is laid to rest.
