Europeana 1914-1918
Building an European digital archive
Interested people can register on the website www.europeana1914-1918.eu and upload digital images and information by themselves. In March 2011, the project "First World War in everyday documents" started with great success in Germany. 2012 "Europeana 1914-1918" was extended to Luxembourg, Great Britain, Ireland, Slovenia, Denmark and Belgium. In 2013 and 2014, morre road shows took place e.g. in Italy, Germany and Romania.
The Federal Chancellor Videopodcast, 24.05.2014: How important is the remembrance of the First World War?
Merkel: Rather negotiate 20 hours longer
German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with historian Frank Drauschke in her weekly video podcast about Europeana 1914-1918 and the importance of the remembrance of #WWI
An Interview between Angela Merkel and the Historian Frank Drauschke about Europeana 1914-1918
www.bundeskanzlerin.de
Russias' "First Channel" about Europeana 1914-1918
1TV.ru of 06/28/2014 by Ivan Gut
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Wien24 of 07/22/2014, 2:00 pm
Frank Drauschke at "Guten Abend, Wien" about the Europeana 1914-1918 Roadshow in Vienna. Crowdsourcing day on 1 August, 10 am to 6 pm, ORF RadioKulturhaus
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ORF,
Wien heute
of 07/22/2014, 7:00 pm
"Looking for memories of World War One", a report by Gabi Hassler
RBB ZIBB, May 5, 2014, at 6:30 pm
"Europeana 1914-1918"
Feature by Ralph Stolle
zibb guest - Frank Drauschke
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TV reports
2014
RBB Abendschau, January 30, 2014:
Europeana 1914-1918 Collection days at the Staatsbibliothek Berlin (State library), January 30 and 31, 2014
Tagesschau, January 29, 2014:
Project "Europeana" is documenting everyday life in the first World War, Feature by Kerstin Breinig
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Tagesthemen, January 29, 2014:
Website for memorabilia "Europeana". The faces of the first World War, Feature by Kerstin Breinig
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RBB Stilbruch, January 23, 2014:
Europeana - Memories of the everyday life during World War 1, Feature by Gabriele Denecke
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2013
WDR Lokalzeit aus Aachen, October 15, 2013:
"World War One-Treasures" from the attic
Mehr dazu
2012
RBB ZIBB, April 30, 2012:
Europeana. Documents of everyday life during the First World War
2011
MDR Sachsenspiegel, June 22, 2011
Online-Archive for pieces from First World War
MDR Sachsenspiegel extra, June 22, 2011
Online-Archive for Pieces from First World War (at 8:18 min)
MDR THÜRINGEN JOURNAL, June 14, 2011
"First World War in everyday documents"
by Dagmar Weitbrecht (at 7:57 min)
MDR1 Thüringen, June 14, 2011
"First World War in everyday documents"
by Dagmar Weitbrecht
MDR aktuell, June 14, 2011, 11:45 am
"First World War in everyday documents"
by Dagmar Weitbrecht (at 3:11 min)
regio TV, April 21, 2011
Letters to the front. For the 100th Anniversary of the First World War created a digital archive.
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WDR 3, Resonanzen, March 30, 2011
"The First World War in everyday documents".
Report of Sigrid Hoff, Interview with Dr. Britta Woldering, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hirschfeld and Dr. Elisabeth Niggemann.
Tagesschau , March 24, 2011, 4:00 pm
Digital Archive of the First World War, Report of Oliver Jarasch
Radio features
2014
SWR 2, Kulturthema, February 03, 2014
The internet as an memorial place. Simone Reber about the First World War in the internet, Feature by Simone Reber
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RBB Kulturradio, January 29, 2014, 09:05 am:
The First World War in everday documents
2013
Montagsradio, March 3, 2013:
6. history fair in Suhl: “The broken hat of grandfather” – tell history together
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2011
BR Schwaben & Altbayern aktuell, July 25, 2011
Pictures, letters, memories
BR Bayern 1, July 20, 2011
Public participation day Regensburg: First World War in everyday documents
SWR4, Radio Stuttgart, April 12, 2011
"The First World War in everyday documents": Citizens sought with memorabilia.
Moderator: Susanne Kurz.
Deutschlandfunk, Deutschland Heute, April 7, 2011
Memorabilia wanted - Project 100 years World War 1.
Report by Susanne Lettenbauer.
Radio M94.5, April 6, 2011
Report of Alexandra Reinsberg
Bayern 1, Bayernmagazin, April 6, 2011
Unusual Campaign of the State Library
Memorabilia from the First World War
Bayern 2, April 3, 2011
RBB Inforadio, Umgeschichtet, April 2, 2011
With Harald Asel. The German National Library is looking for everyday documents
Report of Mario Scalla
RBB Radio Eins, Eins am Vormittag, March 31, 2011
Internet project 100 years First World War
interview with Dr. Britta Woldering
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HR2 Kultur, Mikado, March 31, 2011
Interview with Dr. Britta Woldering
Report of Mario Scalla
Bayern 5, March 31, 2011, 3:35 pm
RBB Radio Berlin, Einfach schön, March 27, 2011
Moderation Katarina Gerlach
Interview with Johannes Theurer/rbb
Deutschlandfunk, Kultur Heute, March 24, 2011:
Cultural news of the day
by Antje Allroggen, interview with Frank Drauschke
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Print- and online
Germany / Austria / Switzerland LithuaniaLuxembourgGreat BritainIrelandSloveniaDenmarkWorldPoland
World
Deutsche Welle, April 5, 2011
"Everyday stories from WWI preserved in massive European archive"
by Tamsin Walker
PhotoScala.de, International Magazine for Photography, March 24, 2011
Europeana-Project „The First World War in everyday documents“
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Clarín.com Sociedad, March 24, 2011
"Del frente de guerra a la web: la historia íntima de la Primera Guerra en cartas"
by Pablo Sanguinetti (dpa)
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ElPaís.cr, March 24, 2011
"Cartas del frente a la web: la historia íntima de la Primera Guerra"
by Pablo Sanguinetti (dpa)
Latvian National Library, April 5, 2011
Uzsākts projekts "First World War in everyday documents" – Pirmais pasaules karš parastos dokumentos
Kulturalne Opole, November 2014
Polsko-Niemieckie Dni Zbiórki. Poszukiwanie Rodzinnych Pamiątek „Europeana 1914-1918″
Strefa Imprez.pl, November 2014
Europeana 1914-1918. Polsko-Niemieckie Dni Zbiórki Poszukiwanie Rodzinnych Pamiątek
Politiken, April 28, 2012
"Krigens tabu kom frem i lyset"
by Anna Bech-Danielsen
Interview with: Frank Drauschke, Inga Adriansen, Mikkel Christoffersen
nordschleswiger.dk, April 25, 2012
"This is a very amazing pipe"
by Ruth Candussi
JV-JydskeVestkysten, April 25, 2012
"Historien kom i plastikposer. Første Verdenskrig"
by Birthe Juul Mathiasen
Flensborg Avis, April 23, 2012
"Sønderjyske historier fra Første Verdenskrig"
by Hans Christian Davidsen
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nordschleswiger.dk, March 29, 2012
Sønderborg: "If the silk shirt tells the shell..."
by Sara Kannenberg
Primorske Novice, March 29, 2012
"Knjižnica premajhna za še žive spomine"
by Nace Novak
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Primorski dnevnik, Triest, March 29, 2012
"Zbiranje osebnih spominov na svetovno vojna. Soška fronta se razkriva Evropi."
by Katja Munih
Radio Robin, March 28, 2012, 11 am
"Zbogom orožje. Dobrodošli spomini"
Report of Kristina Furlan, Interview with: Karmen Štular Sotošek (predstavnica projekta Europeana v Sloveniji)
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Pogledi, March 28, 2012
Štirinajstdnevnik za umetnost, kulturo in družbo: Brskanje po splentni zakladnici družinskih spominov"
by Agata Tomažič
Retrospektive.si -zgodovinski portal, March 22, 2012
"Zbiranje spominov za virtualni arhiv 1. svetovne vojne"
by Objavil Kornelija
RTV Slovenija, March 21, 2012
"Z Europeano do spominov iz prve svetovne vojne, prispevek ..."
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STA - Slovenian Press Agency, March 21, 2012
Press conference Ljubljana, kavarna Mestnega muzeja.
Novinarska konferenca ob predstavitvi projekta Europeana 1914-1918
v Sloveniji, Fotografije
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Misli Slovensko, March 21, 2012
V sklopu projekta Europeane v Sloveniji zbiranje spominov na 1. svetovno vojno
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BBC News, March 23, 2012
"Ireland remembers its World War I soldiers at Dublin museum"
by Julie Kirby
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The Irish Times, March 22, 2012
"National Library call-out answered by families bearing WWI treasures"
by Tim O'Brien
The Irish Independent, March 22, 2012
"Families rewrite the history of war with mementos. Hundreds bring special keepsakes to roadshow"
von Louise Hogan
The Irish Times, March 16, 2012
"Your country needs your wartime memorabilia"
by Eoin Burke-Kennedy
The National Library of Ireland, March 2012
Hundreds of visitors to Europeana WWI collection roadshow
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BBC News, May 02, 2012
"Hitler postcard found in World War I project"
by Sean Coughlan
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Lancashire Evening Post, March 14, 2012
"Your memories of war. Talking about that one subject they never spoke about"
von David Coates
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Culture24, March 13, 2012
First World War digitisation project launches in UK as crowds flock to museum roadshow
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Community Radio Station Preston FM, March 10, 2012
At the roadshow interviews with:
Jon Purday, Stephan Bull, Jackie Storer
BBC Radio Lancashire, March 10, 2012
BBC Radio Lancashire: Steve Royle morning show , Report from Helen Randle, live at roadshow.
Interview with: Stephen Bull, Alun Edwards, Frank Drauschke, Stephen Miller and First World War Re-enactor Adrian Warrell.
University of Oxford, April 20, 2011
University forms alliance to take archive to Germany
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lrt.lit, April 7, 2011
Archyve – kasdieninės karo istorijos
(Archive - daily military history)
Kaunodiena.lt, April 7, 2011
Archyve – kasdieninės karo istorijos
Lëtzebuerger Journal, February 28, 2012
Collective War Archive
Le Quotidien, February 28, 2012
"La Grand Guerre au Luxembourg. Videz vos greniers, racontez votre histoire!"
by Christiane Kleer
Lëtzebuerg Tageblatt, No.50, February 28, 2012
Europeana 1914-1918: Roadshow March 6 at the national library.
Create a collective memory.
RTL.lu TV 20vir, February 27, 2012
"Europeana 1914-1918 - Roadshow in Luxembourg"
Report of Dan Spogen, Interview with Frank Drauschke.
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Luxemburger Wort, February 27, 2012
"Project to create largest Great War archive. An Antiques Roadshow for WWI"
by Maurice Fick
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Luxemburger Wort, February 27, 2012
"La collecte numérique d'Europeana aura lieu le 6 mars au Luxembourg. Partager vos souvenirs et objets familiaux de la Première Guerre mondiale"
by Maurice Fick
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Luxemburger Wort, February 22, 2012
Organisations create largest digital archive on WWI. Share your Great War treasures
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Lausitzer Anzeiger, 8.11.2014
Searching for memories: Europe-wide Roadshow collects photos and letters from the wartime 1914-1918
Evangelischer Pressedienst, East, November 2014
Europeana 1914-1918 crossborder Polish-German collection days
Görlitzer Anzeiger, 8.11.2014
German-polish Collection Days preserve memorabilia from the First World War
Spiegel Online, May 05, 2012
Rudolf Neumaier reads a postcard of Adolf Hitler from the first world war, which has been discoverd recently at the scanning of private archives for Webportal Europeana.
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Süddeutsche Zeitung Online, May 02, 2012
"Postcard from Adolf Hitler appeared.
Toothache and poor spelling"
von Oliver Das Gupta
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Welt Online, May 02, 2012
"Adolf Hitler longed for his substitute family"
by Sven Felix Kellerhoff
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Deutsche Welle Online, February 1, 2014
"Grandfather and the First World War"
Article and movie by Sarah Judith Hofmann und Laura Döing
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Der Tagesspiegel, January 31, 2014
"Staatsbibliothek digitalisiert private Erinnerungen an den Ersten Weltkrieg"
by Christoph Stollowsky
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Berliner Zeitung, January 29, 2014
"Digitales Archiv zum Ersten Weltkrieg Als Österreich sich mit Serbien zusammentat"
by Nikolaus Bernau
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Montagsradio, March 14, 2013
“The broken hat of grandfather” – tell history together
by Kaja Wesner, Interview with: Frank Drauschke
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Mittelbayerische Zeitung, January 26, 2012
What do everyday documents tell about the war.
The owners of treasures and real rarities were already lined up, even before the skilled workers were in place.
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Mittelbayerische Zeitung, January 3, 2012
Wanted: Letters from the First World War.
Until 2014 documents and objects from ten european countries will be digitized.
Roadshow in Amberg.
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Der Tagesspiegel, January 3, 2012
"Crowdsourcing. Anyone can participate: How libraries use Web 2.0"
by Astrid Herbold
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DRadio Wissen, December 21, 2011
"Europeana - Digital Archive for Europe's cultural"
von Peter Kaiser
Deutschlandradio Kultur, December 20, 2011
"Europe's digital memory. Work at Europeana-project are in full swing"
by Peter Kaiser
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Wiener Zeitung, November 29, 2011
"First World War close - Europeana tries to preserve private stories of the First World War."
by Dorothée Bellamy
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Märkische Oderzeitung, November 12, 2011
"Miraculous rescue from death"
by Claudia Seiring
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EPD, March 24, 2011
Internet Portal collects stories from the First World War.
Fast Flip, March 24, 2011
Europeana, Digital Archive of the First World War started.
DAMALS. The Magazine of History and Culture, March 27, 2011
Project Launch "The First World War in everyday documents".
Pictures, letters and memorabilia wanted
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Handelsblatt, March 28, 2011
„Crowdsourcing“ Online Archive is searching for war memories (dpa)
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Die Welt Online, March 29, 2011
"Individuals documenting the First World War"
by Jana Kugoth
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Berliner Morgenpost, March 29, 2011
"Individuals documenting the First World War"
by Jana Kugoth
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, April 1, 2011
German National Library "Field post for the Internet"
by Sebastian Deliga.
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Iris Media, Day by Day, April 2, 2011
"History, Memories & Serendipity"
by Wolf Siegert
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Frankfurter Stadtkurier am Sonntag, April 3, 2011
100 years First World War. Project is looking for memorabilia from that era.
La Gazette de Berlin, April 4, 2011
Enrichir la mémoire collective en préservant les souvenirs personnels de la Première Guerre mondiale:
tel est l'objectif du projet mené conjointement par Europeana (la bibliothèque numérique européenne), la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek et l'Université d'Oxford. La démarche se veut résolument participative: chacun est appelé à apporter ses objets personnels qui, une fois numérisés, seront mis à disposition de tous sur un site internet. Reportage à Berlin, deuxième étape de ce périple participatif.
by Dorothée Bellamy
Berliner Zeitung, April 5, 2011
"The war photo of the great-grandfather on the internet"
by Stefanie Paul
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Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 6, 2011
War in everyday documents
Münchener Abendzeitung, April 6, 2011
"Greetings from the trenches"
by Tina Angerer
tz München, April 6, 2011
State Archive collects private treasures.
Documents from the First World War.
Münchener Merkur, April 7, 2011
"The First World War in private. The joint project "Europeana" digitizes personal memorabilia."
by Katharina Fuhrin
Sammlungsdinge.de, April 8, 2011
"Project launch 100 years First World War – Europeana uses crowdsourcing to build up a collection"
by Christiane Necker
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Südwest Presse, April 13, 2011
Memorabilia sought, Stuttgart. At the roadshow "First World War in everyday documents"
at the State Library in Württemberg, there was a great rush.
Stuttgarter Nachrichten, April 13, 2011
"The poor soldier and his dignity. Everyday documents from World War I found their way into the online library Europeana."
by Klaus Elchmüller.
Stuttgarter Zeitung, April 16, 2011
"EU-project on the web. Europeana - Many citizens bring rarities from the First World War."
by Thomas Borgmann.
Bornheimer Wochenblatt, April 20, 2011
In search of images and field postcards.
Stuttgarter Wochenblatt, April 22, 2011
Self-made history.
State Library of Wuerttemberg has launched for submission day - it continues on the internet.
Aktuelles aus der Stadt- und Regionalbibliothek, June 9, 2011
Memorabilia wanted! - Public participation day Erfurt „First World War in everyday documents“
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Thüringer Allgemeine, June 15, 2011
Everyday life at First World War
by Angelika Reiser-Fischer
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Thüringische Landeszeitung, June 15, 2011
Everyday life at First World War
by Angelika Reiser-Fischer
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Ostthüringer Zeitung, June 15, 2011
Everyday life at First World War
by Angelika Reiser-Fischer
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First World War in Everyday documents, June 15, 2011
SLUB supports EU-Digitalization initiative.
Public participation day on June 22nd
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"Dresden FernSehen", June 20, 2011
Memorabilia wanted!
Public participation day Dresden "First World War in everyday documents"
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WochenKurier , June 2011
Public participation day "First World War in everyday documents"
Sächsische Zeitung, June 17, 2011
Searching for memories about First World War
by Doreen Hübler
Sächsischer Bote, June 2011
Public participation day "First World War in everyday documents"
Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, June 22, 2011
Memorabilia wanted
Project collects keepsakes about First World War
Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, June 23, 2011
Memories collected about the World War
Sächsische Zeitung, June 23, 2011
Heirlooms from the dugout
by Doreen Hübler
kiel-magazin.de, June 23, 2011
Memorabilia wanted! - Public participation day Kiel „First World War in everyday documents“
Aktuelles aus der Landeshauptstadt Kiel, June 22, 2011
Public participation day „First World War in everyday documents“
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Kieler Express, June 25, 2011
Searching for memories about First World War
Lübecker Nachrichten am Sonntag, June 26 and 27, 2011
Memories wanted for digital archive
Kieler Nachrichten, June 28, 2011
Searching for Pieces of First World War
by Jürgen Küppers
Kieler Nachrichten, June 30, 2011
What silent witnesses tell of War
by Jürgen Küppers
Schleswig-Holsteinische Landeszeitung (shz.de), June 30, 2011
Army post from the First World War for the Internet generation
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Staatliche Bibliothek Regensburg, June 20, 2011
Public participation day: 100 years First World War - Pictures, letters, memories
Regensburger Wochenblatt, July 13, 2011
Commemoration of Cruelty
by Christian Eckl
Article (PDF-File)
Mittelbayerische Zeitung, July 16/17, 2011
Do you have memorabilia from First World War?
von Thomas Dietz
Article (PDF-File)
Blizz, July 17, 2011
Memorabilia wanted.
State Library Regensburg joins Europe-Project to First World War
Article (PDF-File)
Mittelbayerische Zeitung, July 21, 2011
"That is the material, dissertations are made of"
by Heinz Klein
Article (PDF-File)
Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 02, 2011
Daddy wrote nothing again
by Rudolf Neumaier
DPA Messages
Private memories of war for Online Archive sought
March 25, 2011
Web Archive of the First World War planned
March 26, 2011
Project description
Project Website
Image archive / Downloads
Press release from Facts & Files
May 2, 2012
What do a livesaving bible, a cross in a bottle and a postcard of Hitler
have in common?
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March 24, 2011
Project Launch: The First World War in everyday documents:
Pictures, letters and memorabilia wanted
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Contact
Frank Drauschke
Facts & Files
P: +49 (0)30 / 480 986 20
drauschke@factsandfiles.com