A Financial Times article considers how modern relations between nations are influencing how the Centenary of the First World War will be marked.
Continue readingFamily memories of the German front line in the First World War
Centenary News contributor Claire Wotherspoon shares the recollections of her German great grandfather, who served at the Somme.
Continue readingFamily memories of the German front line in the First World War
Centenary News contributor Claire Wotherspoon shares the recollections of her German great grandfather, who served at the Somme.
Continue reading‘The Enemy at Home: German Internees in World War I Australia’ online exhibition
The Migration Heritage Centre, New South Wales, Australia, has developed an online exhibition based on photographs taken in 1915-1919 of German and Austrian internees in Australia.
Continue readingMountaineering expedition in 2015 to mark Centenary of Italy’s entry into the First World War
On 24th May 2015 a mountaineering expedition – which will span 1500km from the Stelvio Pass to the Carso Plateau – will mark the Centenary of Italy’s entrance into the First World War.
Continue readingCentenary restoration in Belgium stalls due to funding concerns
L’avenir reports that efforts to rebuild a monument at the Cimetière de Foqueux have been halted due to the Wallonian government’s inability to fund the project.
Continue readingAppeal to erect a statue in honour of World War I poet, Isaac Rosenberg
Centenary News contributor Dr. Jillian Davidson explains why she believes the First World War poet Isaac Rosenberg should be recognised.
Continue readingAppeal to erect a statue in honour of World War I poet, Isaac Rosenberg
Centenary News contributor Dr. Jillian Davidson explains why she believes the First World War poet Isaac Rosenberg should be recognised.
Continue readingPodcast on franceculture looks at the theme of commemorative tourism
Franceculture interviews Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau (specialist in the First World War and its cultural history) about tourism in France during the centenary period.
Continue readingBruges is hosting three temporary exhibitions in 2014-2015 to mark its invasion by Germany
To mark the centenary of the invasion of Bruges, the town has planned three temporary exhibitions centred on the conflict, which will take place from 14 October 2014- 22 February 2015.
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