The Guardian has reported that the recreation of the ‘Christmas Truce’ football game played on Christmas Day 1914 is among Centenary plans being proposed in Britain.
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Britain’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission signs Centenary agreements with French and German counterparts
The British Commonwealth War Graves Commission has signed agreements with its French and German counterparts to work in co-operation with them to mark the Centenary of the First World War.
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Centenary theatre production: ‘The Passion of the Soldiers of the Great War’
La Passion des Soldats de la Grande Guerre is a Franco-German theatre project which will mark the Centenary of the First World War.
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Interviews with German First World War soldiers who fought at Verdun unearthed
A military historian blogger obtains a copy of interviews with German First World War soldiers who fought at Verdun, and has uploaded them to his blog Gott Min Uns! German Military History 1848-1945.
Continue readingInterviews with German First World War soldiers who fought at Verdun unearthed
A military historian blogger obtains a copy interviews with German First World War soldiers who fought at Verdun, and has uploaded them to his blog Gott Min Uns! German Military History 1848-1945.
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Interviews with German First World War soldiers who fought at Verdun unearthed
A military historian blogger obtains a copy interviews with German First World War soldiers who fought at Verdun, and has uploaded them to his blog Gott Min Uns! German Military History 1848-1945.
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European Museums during the First World War conference, 2014
The H Art-Hist network has announced that a conference focusing on museums during the First World War will be held at Technische Universität, Berlin, in 2014.
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France and Germany to fund Centenary events in Sarajevo
The French Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina has announced that a programme of events to mark the Centenary of the First World War in Sarajevo has been submitted.
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‘The Sunday Times’ reports UK may begin Centenary commemorations in cemetery with equal numbers of British and German war dead
The Sunday Times reports UK may mark start of the Centenary with a service at a cemetery with equal numbers of UK & German war dead.
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The Centenary of the First World War: Is “little happening” to mark the conflict in Germany?
An article in Die Welt discusses the lack of attention that is being accorded to remembering the First World War in Germany.
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