The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has opened a special exhibition marking the Centenary of the First World War at the German Historical Museum in Berlin.
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‘First World War for Dummies’ book published
To mark the Centenary of the First World War, Dr Seán Lang, Senior Lecturer in History at Anglia Ruskin University, has written First World War for Dummies.
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Leading European archives to discuss their First World War exhibitions
First World War exhibitions commissioned from the archives of leading European libraries will be discussed at a public event hosted by the Institut Français in London on 19th June 2014.
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Centenary project results in new list of First World War dead in Sligo, Republic of Ireland
Sligo County Council and the Sligo Peace & Reconciliation Partnership Committee are developing a peace themed project to mark the Centenary of the First World War entitled News from the Past.
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Education in Germany before and after the First World War – part two
Centenary News contributor Claire Wotherspoon continues her series on German education with an article on what happened in schools after the First World War
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Education in Germany before and after the First World War – part two
Centenary News contributor Claire Wotherspoon continues her series on German education with an article on what happened in schools after the First World War
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United Nations agency calls for Centenary remembrance of lives lost at sea during First World War
UNESCO is urging ships around the world to mark the Centenary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination on 28th June 2014, the event which triggered the First World War.
Continue readingAuthor Tim Butcher speaks about Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassin, Gavrilo Princip
Author and journalist, Tim Butcher, discusses The Trigger – his book about Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin, Gavrilo Princip – at Southwark Cathedral in London.
Continue readingInternational historians to debate Sarajevo 1914 ‘the South Slav Question’ at Southampton University
Southampton University in the UK is marking the Centenary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination with an international conference from June 26-28 2014.
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New report considers the ambitions of teenagers from the First World War to the present day
The National Citizen Service has published a new report which explores the ambitions of teenagers over the twentieth and twenty first centuries.
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