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Oswald Mederle was born in Bolzano in 1956, has lived in Bressanone for some time, worked as a vocational school teacher and is now retired.

He has been dealing with history for years and in particular with the First World War.
As an autodidact, he is himself a collector of objects from this time and has visited countless well-known, but also lesser-known theaters of war. In recent years he has worked intensively with the front area between Adige and Lake Garda, the area around Pejo, the Valle del Fersina, but also with the 2. defensive line of Tyrol. Recently, he has been researching specifically about the Bressanone space and its function as 2. defensive line, further on the Standschützen battalions of the surrounding area, their use on the Tyrolean mountains and the returnees.

He is a board member and vice-president of the Tyrolean Historical Ice Cream Section Bolzano and a board member of the Museo della Guerra di Rovereto. As a co-author of various publications on the First World War, he collaborates with experts at home and abroad.

Translation of the book
... per non dimenticare S. Barbara  ... 1915 – 1918
...  In memory of S. Barbara... 1915 – 1918
a cura di Alessio Less,Editrice ‘La Grafica’, Mori (TN)

Ricordi di guerra in Val di Gresta, Nago e Rocchetta 1915 – 1918
War memories of Grestatal, Nago and Rocchetta 1915-1918
by Alessio Less and Oswald Mederle
Biblioteca Intercomunale ‘Luigi Dal Ri’, Mori (TN)

1916 La Spedizione Punitiva
Siro Offelli – Livio Busato – Oswald Mederle – Livio Pesavento
Gino Rossato editor

Benno Siglär diary / Diario
To the end. April-August 1918 /  Verso la fine. Aprile-agosto 1918
Adapted from / adattato da Oswald Mederle e Fortunato Turrini
‘The war on the doorstep 1914 – 1918’ / ‘La Guerra sulla porta 1914 – 1918’,
Ed. Museo Pejo e Centro Studi per la Val di Sole

In the footsteps of the Tyrolean Front
Hikes to the theatres of war 1915-1918
Oswald Mederle
In cooperation with the Tyrolean Historical Association – Bolzano Section
Publishing house Athesia, Bolzano

La Grande Guerra dal Garda all’Adige
I dieci chilometri del Fronte da Torbole all’Asmara
the Alessio Less and Oswald Mederle
Editrice ‘La Grafica’, Mori (TN)

The Fersental Mountains in the 1. World War II
Oswald Mederle, with the help of Elio Moltrer
A book edition was published in German, a second in Italian and Fersental.
Publistampa Arti Grafiche / Edizioni

In the commemorative publication published in 2018 ‘60th anniversary of the shooting district of Bressanone’ He wrote the section on 1. World War II. In addition, he is the author and / or translator of articles on topics of the 1. World War II in the journals “Tiroler Chronist”, “Der Brixner” and “Isarco news”.

The following are in preparation:

On request, he also gives guided tours to Tyrolean theatres of war for middle and high schools, associations such as AGT or North Tyrolean chroniclers, history associations, private groups and gives lectures on the tragic world war events in Trentino, South and North Tyrol.