Karl Kraus: The Last Days of Mankind

HOW THE ARMIES FIGHT ( Mir kommt keiner aus! ), comic detective film (Wiener Kunst-Film, 1917), featuring →Hubert Marischka: 584.

HUBERT SALVATOR, Archduke (1894–1971), son of →Franz Salvator, captain of horse: 276.

HUMORIST, Der , magazine dedicated to art and theatre: 102.

HUNGARIAN COMPROMISE (1867), transformed the Austrian Empire into Austria-Hungary (→Royal and Imperial) after defeat by Prussia at Battle of Königgrätz (1866). Control of foreign policy, finance, and the military remained in Vienna, but in other respects Hungary achieved parity: 80.

HUSARENBLUT ( Blood of the Hussars , 1894), operetta, music by Hugo Felix (1866–1934) and libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer (1839–1921): 30, 54, 170, 448.

HYMN OF HATE →Ernst Lissauer.

“I’D RATHER BE SOZZLED”, refrain of Viennese song “Ja so a Räuscherl”, music and lyrics by Carl Lorens (1851–1909): 339.

I GAVE GOLD FOR IRON , appeal to support war effort by exchanging valuables for iron ring or brooch; subsequently an operetta →Viktor Léon: 59, 156, 295.

I HAD A LOYAL COMRADE ( Ich hatte einen Kameraden ), first line of “Der gute Kamerad”, poem by Ludwig Uhland (1809), set to music by Friedrich Silcher (1789–1862); and title of operetta (1914, →Viktor Léon): 59, 290, 313.

“I HAVE WEIGHED EVERYTHING IN THE BALANCE” (“Ich habe alles reiflich erwogen”), leitmotif, phrase derived from →Franz Joseph’s manifesto of 1914 justifying declaration of war, which becomes Grumbler’s “manifesto” (V, 54): 164, 165, 377, 379, 516.

“I HEAR, MY DEAR, YOU’RE A RACKETEER” (“Sie sind doch bekannt mein Lieber als Schieber, als Schieber”), polka from Der Bummelkompagnon in revue Das muss man seh’n (1907), music by Victor Hollaender (1866–1940) and lyrics by Julius Freund (1862–1914): 435.

IMPERIAL, hotel on Kärntnering (Plan C5), housing the Café Imperial frequented by Kraus after June 1914 (see →Pucher): 31, 169, 468.

IMPERIAL RIFLES (Kaiserjäger; →Kaiserjägertod), Tyrol mountain infantry, territorial reserve regiment, which suffered heavy casualties and defeats on the Eastern Front: 338f, 537.

“I’M UP ALL NIGHT CAROUSING” (“Weil ich ’n oller Dreher bin”), Viennese song, music by Johann Sioly (1843–1911) and lyrics by Ludwig Polhammer: 537.

“IN A WONDROUS COUNTRY INN” (“Bei einem Wirte wundermild”), folk song (1822), music by Josef Gersbach and words after poem “Einkehr” (1811) by Ludwig Uhland: 75.

“IN DER HEIMAT, IN DER HEIMAT, DA GIBT’S EIN WIEDERSEHN” (Back home is where we’ll meet again), refrain of prewar soldiers’ song “Nun geht’s ans Abschiednehmen” (cf. “Now is the hour when we must say goodbye”), published in John Meier, Das deutsche Soldatenlied im Felde (1916); →“Keep the home fires burning”: 57, 172, 242, 320, 418, 593.

“I NO LONGER RECOGNIZE POLITICAL PARTIES, I RECOGNIZE ONLY GERMANS”, declaration by Wilhelm II to German parliament (3 August 1914): 494.

INTERESSANTE BLATT, Das , illustrated weekly: 35, 76, 109, 118, 130.

“IN THE GRAVEYARD AT LA BASSÉE” (“Auf dem Friedhof La Bassée”), song, music by Erwin Kurz and words by Klabund (1890–1928); battle at La Bassée and Arras (autumn 1915): 534.

IPHIGENIE AUF TAURIS →Goethe.

IRON POST (Stock im Eisen-Platz, Plan C3), into which journeymen passing through Vienna supposedly had to drive a nail, hence a metal-bound tree trunk: 73, 172f.

IRON WARRIOR, adaptation of →Iron Post, the proceeds going to benefit soldiers, widows, and orphans; erected on →Kärntnerring/Schwarzenbergplatz (Plan D5) in March 1915, near City Hall since 1918: 73, 169, 172, 233, 238, 254, 454.

ISABELLA, Archduchess (1856–1931), m. →Friedrich (1878): 275.

ISABELLA MARIA, Archduchess (1888–1973), daughter of →Isabella: 275.

ISCHL, Bad (Map D3), spa in Salzkammergut, summer residence of →Franz Joseph: 57, 64, 379, 393, 398, 497.

ISONZO (Map D4), river in Venetia, where Italian territory protruded into Austria; 12 battles fought along this front between Austria-Hungary and Italy (June 1915–December 1917). Italian territorial ambition towards Trieste weighed against fear of Austrian attack in rear through Trentino, advocated by →Conrad: 202, 243, 334ff, 354, 402, 487, 528, 534, 549.

ISONZO ( Die zehnte Isonzoschlacht ), film (→Sascha Film, 1917): 584.

IVANGOROD (Map F2), Russian stronghold on Vistula, taken by Central Powers (August 1915): 176, 369.

“JACKO, JACKO, DON’T YOU DARE” (“Schackerl, Schackerl trau di net”), Viennese song, music by Theodor Wollitz (1875–1937) and lyrics by Armin Berg (1875–1956): 535f.

JANOV, small town north of →Lemberg; Kaiser Wilhelm’s meeting with →Ganghofer occurred when Lemberg was once again occupied by Central Powers (summer 1915): 124ff.

JANOWITZ, Franz (1892–1917), Austrian poet, close friend of Karl Kraus, killed in battle: 511f.

JEAN PAUL (Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, 1763–1825), German novelist. The balloon ascent is described in Kampanertal (1797): 159, 164.

JEWISH NAMES, sometimes offensive, as when allotted in late eighteenth century by military commission under imperial decree in →Galicia and →Bukovina; alternatively, “poetic” during later Jewish emancipation (Abendrot/evening glow, Rosenberg/rose mountain); based on either transposed first names (Hein, Ornstein), professed characteristics (Aufrichtig/honest, Brauchbar/useful; Gutwillig/well-meaning; Vortrefflich/splendid; Lustig/funny), place names (→Polacco/Pollack/Pollak, Mannheimer, Oppenheimer, Katzenellenbogen, Koritschoner, Krotoschiner, Geiringer), or animals (Löw, Wolf, Fuchs, Katz, Fischl, Biach < It. biacco/adder); sometimes parodied by Kraus (Schlechtigkeit/Badness, Schakal/Jackal, Walross/walrus; Kornfeld/Cornfield).

JEWISH REFUGEES. The Jewish refugee selling newspapers (II, 1) has fled from the war-torn eastern provinces. By October 1915 there were at least 137,000 refugees in Vienna, of whom 77,000 were Jews. This scene dramatizes the cynical responses of profiteers such as →Eisig Rubel, exploiting the wartime shortages to make a fast buck: 168.

JOSEF AUGUST, Archduke (1872–1962), field marshal in Honvéd infantry, commanded Seventh Corps on Russian and Hungarian front, led armistice talks: 275, 533.

JOSEF FERDINAND (1872–1942), Archduke; corps commander of Fourth Army in →Galicia (1914–16), relieved of command after Russian victory at →Lutsk: 111, 274, 275, 531.

JOSEFSTADT, central residential district behind City Hall (Rathaus, Plan A2/A3), known especially for →Theater in der Josefstadt: 231.

JUDGMENT DAY (probably Das jüngste Gericht ), film of catastrophic earthquake (Nordsik-Film, 1916): 584.

JUGEND , Munich weekly which popularised Art Nouveau (“Jugendstil”): 327.

JUTLAND, on north-eastern North Sea (Map C1), only direct encounter between High Seas Fleet under →Reinhard Scheer and British Grand Fleet under Jellicoe (31 May–1 June 1916) with heavy British losses, although its blockade of Germany was not breached: 247, 370.

KAG (Kavallerieausbildungsgruppe), acronym for cavalry training course: 226.

KAISER →Wilhelm II.

KAISERBAR, fashionable bar in Krugerstrasse (Plan C4): 118.

KAISERJÄGERTOD, nickname of →Ludwig von Fabini, commander of Eighth Infantry Division (Kaiserjäger →Imperial Rifles, 1914–16): 338f.

KAISER KARL TECHNICAL SCHOOL (K.k. Staatsrealschule), Radetzkystrasse (Plan E2/F2): 402f.

KIAUTSCHOU, leased to Germany (1898) for commercial development and as naval base; lease cancelled after China (14 August 1914) and Japan (23 August 1914) declared war on Germany: 336.