"Český pozdrav z Vídně" (A Czech greeting from Vienna), postcard showing schools and club buildings of the Viennese Czechs, published by J. Evják, Vienna, current in 1913

In the old Habsburg Monarchy, school policies were an ideological landmine. The extent to which national emotions clouded the view is shown by examples where educational policy decisions led to nationalist escalation and shook the foundations of the Monarchy.