My coworker was headed into priesthood before he went to become an engineer and he likes to compare himself to Tesla whose father was a serbian orthodox priest and was also headed to priesthood.` Now all he needs is a touch of genius!.
Actually KD is right, Tesla was a serb but he was part of the austro-hungarian empire and not a croat since that country didnt exist independently until the Nazi supported 1941 regime. So NO, he was NOT born in Croatia. At best you can say he was a serb born in what is present day Croatia. We do it for jews who lived and died in Poland and Poland has been a country and nation for centuries.
The serbs who fled the Turkish invasion in the 13-14th century fled west and served as the defenders-buffers for the austro-hungarian empire for the next 500-600 years and were rewarded with land (sure, well give you land but you have to protect it from the hundreds of thousands of turks. Heck of a proposition.). Like many groups in that region, they might have been of different ethnic makeup but they were subjects of the A-H empire (which was infinitely better than being subjects-slaves in the Turkish cruel regimes). Actually, many from the balkan regions under Ottoman rule were educated in Vienna and served as a 2nd home for many in that region. You want to settle this? When Tesla travelled, what did his papers say?
Austrian empire subject and the american citizen.
Please dont rewrite history, intentionally or not.
Now all he needs is a touch of genius!.
Actually KD is right, Tesla was a serb but he was part of the austro-hungarian empire and not a croat since that country didnt exist independently until the Nazi supported 1941 regime.
So NO, he was NOT born in Croatia.
At best you can say he was a serb born in what is present day Croatia.
We do it for jews who lived and died in Poland and Poland has been a country and nation for centuries.
The serbs who fled the Turkish invasion in the 13-14th century fled west and served as the defenders-buffers for the austro-hungarian empire for the next 500-600 years and were rewarded with land (sure, well give you land but you have to protect it from the hundreds of thousands of turks. Heck of a proposition.).
Like many groups in that region, they might have been of different ethnic makeup but they were subjects of the A-H empire (which was infinitely better than being subjects-slaves in the Turkish cruel regimes).
Actually, many from the balkan regions under Ottoman rule were educated in Vienna and served as a 2nd home for many in that region.
You want to settle this?
When Tesla travelled, what did his papers say?
Austrian empire subject and the american citizen.
Please dont rewrite history, intentionally or not.