Imperial and Royal War Press Headquarters
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The Imperial and Royal War Press Headquarters (German: “Das Kaiserliche und königliche Kriegspressequartier”) (KPQ) was established at the beginning of the First World War on July 28, 1914 as a department of the Austro-Hungarian Army High Command. The task of the KPQ was to coordinate all press information and propaganda activities, including all mass media available at the time. A total of 550 artists and journalists were active as members of the KPQ during the war, including 280 in the KPQ artists group.[1] From the start of the war its commanding officer was Major General Maximilian Ritter von Hoen. From March 1917 until the end of the war Colonel de:Wilhelm Eisner-Bubna was in charge.[2]