'Kaum ein Haus in dem nicht Kranke lagen.' Die Spanische Grippe in der Steiermark

摘要

This article examines the impact of the Spanish flu at the microscopic level. Main question was if the pandemic killed more people in a selected mountain village than the total men of the village who were being killed during the First World War. Other topics are the reaction of the local government on the flu and which prophylaxis was ordered. The main focus lies on the analysis of the parish registers by graphs.