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If you like my videos and want to make sure that I make more of them, you can support me here: https://ko-fi.com/sirmanatee In the 19th century, the Austrian capital of Vienna saw an unprecedented immigration of people from Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. In fact, so many Czech people moved to Vienna that it became the largest Czech city in the world, even before Prague and Brünn. This video explains why so many decided to take the journey, how their life changed after arrival and why so few of them are left today. Sources: - Bled, Jean-Paul: Wien. Residenz - Metropole - Hauptstadt, Vienna & Cologne 2002. - Brousek, Karl M.: Wien und seine Tschechen. Integration und Assimilation einer Minderheit im 20. Jahrhundert, Munich 1980. - Eisinger, Thomas: Die tschechische Zuwanderung nach Wien von 1850 bis 1914. Zwischen Beibehaltung nationaler Identität und vollständiger Assimilation, Unpublished diploma thesis, Vienna 2017. - Glettler, Monika: Das tschechische Wien historisch, in: Rothmeier, Christa (Ed.): Die entzauberte Idylle. 160 Jahre Wien in der tschechischen Literatur, Vienna 2004, pp. 77-190. Pichler, Gerhart: Die Tschechen und Slowaken in Wien und Niederösterreich (1526-1976), in: Bohemia 23 (1982), Nr. 1, pp. 16-50. - Adler, Victor: Die Lage der Ziegelarbeiter, in: Gleichheit, 1. December 1888. Link to the article: https://www.mitteninhernals.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Victor-Adler-Die-Lage-der-Ziegelarbeiter.pdf Music Used: Litvinovsky - Le grand Cahier Mozart - Symphony Nr. 40 Tchaikovsky - Valse Sentimentale Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:31 First signs of Migration 2:28 Industrialisation 5:22 Life and Work 9:20 Women 10:00 Integration 11:10 Cultural Conflicts 12:22 Remigration 13:56 Legacy and Outro