CN Editorial Team – Page 44 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 5, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British House of Lords debates First World War Centenary commemorations in the UK

The BBC’s Democracy Live service covers a debate in the British upper chamber of parliament, (the House of Lords), about how the Centenary of the First World War should be marked in Britain.

March 5, 2013 CN Editorial Team

German soldiers found “perfectly preserved” in First World War shelter

The Telegraph reports that the “perfectly preserved” bodies of twenty one German soldiers have been discovered in Alsace, France.

March 6, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Latest line-up of speakers at the ‘Schools and the Great War Centenary’ Conference at Wellington College, England

Wellington College, Berkshire, England, has updated the agenda for its conference ‘Schools and the Great War Centenary’.

March 6, 2013 CN Editorial Team

German War Graves Commission

The Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V. (German War Graves Commission) is responsible for overseas German war dead.

March 7, 2013 CN Editorial Team

M van Museum Leuven, Belgium, to host ‘Art and heritage in times of conflict’ exhibition

The M van Museum Leuven, Belgium, is to host an exhibition entitled ‘Art and heritage in times of conflict’.

March 7, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Tracks to the Trenches 2014 Centenary event, 2014

Tracks to the Trenches 2014 is planning events to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

March 7, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘L’histoire en rafale’ discusses Belgian plans for the Centenary

An article in a Francophone blog considers Belgian plans for the centenary of the First World War.

March 7, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘What we can learn from the First World War’, a German article explores why remembering the war remains significant

Die Welt reports that Germany should remember and commemorate the First World War, as it remains relevant today.

March 7, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘Why Germany forgot the First World War’

An article in Die Welt addresses the issue of the German failure to remember the First World War.

March 7, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Europeana 1914-1918 ‘Your family history of World War One’

Europeana 1914-1918 is developing a collection of stories of First World War experiences, with contributions from the public being called for.