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Jan 18, 1862 Karapchiv, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine Died on 21 Jun 1935 (aged 73)

Austrian police officer

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About Eduard Fischer

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  • Eduard von Fischer, 1862–1935, Knight of the Maria Theresa Order, was a colonel (Gendarmerie general) commanding the Austrian gendarmerie in Bukovina. With the outbreak of World War I, Bukovina then part of Austro-Hungary was immediately under siege by the Russian armies.
  • The north of Bukovina 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 under General Andrey Selivanov occupied Czernowitz once again on November 20, 1914. He is buried in Vienna, in the cemetery Hietzing, in a grave of honour, Group 49, Number 234

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