Description: Hermine Orian, aged 103, from the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol in Italy who is fighting for an Austrian citizenship, as according to her statements "she wants to die an Austrian." Notes: Photo from a press release. (Andreas Hofer, Bund fur Tirol (AHBT)/Newsflash)
Copyrights: Andreas Hofer, Bund fur Tirol (AHBT)/Newsflash
12 May 2022
A brave woman who refused to accept that she had to speak Italian when Austria lost South Tyrol to the fascists after the First World War has said she wants to get her Austrian citizenship back before she dies. The area where she lives was taken from Austria and handed to Italy in the...