Our collection has grown with more valuable material
On September 20, 2021, Archduchess Walburga Habsburg-Douglas handed over to our Foundation diaries that shed more light on her father’s life.
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King’s coup from a child’s point of view
One hundred years ago Charles IV, the last Hungarian king, tried to return to the throne of Hungary. But while the scientific research approaches the events from the perspective of political history, – it seems interesting to revive the events from the perspective of Charles IV’s eldest, eight-year-old son.
Crown Prince on Skis
The Crown Prince, who followed the principle of “healthy soul in a healthy body”, found delight in various forms of physical activity, which is best supported by the photo from the Otto von Habsburg Foundation’s collection showing Otto and his two brothers, Rudolf and Charles Lewis on skis. The picture was taken 80 years ago, in 1941.
The Otto von Habsburg Foundation wishes you a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year
The photo was taken of Otto von Habsburg at Christmas 1956 surrounded by his family in Pöcking, Austria. At the same time in New York Sándor Márai wrote a poem entitled Herald Angel:
