Collection items

Discover World War One historical sources from both sides of the conflict, contributed by institutions from across Europe.

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'Calm' - part of a soldier's diary
Diary, Manuscript
The unknown author of this moving text details a battle during World War One. Translation: Those struck by inferno fir...
From Peć to Andrijevica
Photograph, Postcard
This postcard shows the retreat, on foot, by the Serbian army and civilians through the harsh winter mountains of Monten...
Gavrilo Princip, a participant in the assassinatio...
Notebook
Gavrilo Princip was a Bosnian Serb, one of the participants in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo...
HRH Regent Alexander with officers observing Bulga...
Photograph, Postcard
This postcard shows the commander in chief of the Serbian army, His Royal Highness Regent Alexander, with other high-ran...
Hurry up! The children are cold
Photograph
This picture shows a rest place as Serbians retreated through the mountains of Montenegro and Albania, to the Greek Aege...
Life on the quarantine area of Vido Island, a refu...
Photograph
Vido Island, near Corfu, was a haven for those involved in Serbia’s Great Retreat, a mass escape of king and civilians. ...
Serbian officer in an observation point near Kajma...
Photograph
The photographer Risto Šuković has captured the everyday life of a soldier. From one battle to another, in all we...
Sergeant Momčilo Gavrič at the age of 10, an orpha...
Photograph
This photograph was taken during war operations in the Kingdom of Serbia. It shows Momčilo Gavrić, a boy who lost his pa...