Collection items
Discover World War One historical sources from both sides of the conflict, contributed by institutions from across Europe.
Publisher
- Basel Neue Literarische Buchhandlung (1)
- Berlin Janke (1)
- Berlin Photographisches Verlags Bro Eduard Schlag (1)
- Berlin Verlag von Griebens Reisefhrern Albert Goldschmidt (1)
- Breslau Hirt (1)
- Breslau Priebatsch (1)
- Frankfurt am Main Rtten Loening (1)
- Leipzig Hachmeister Thal (1)
- Mnchen Beck (1)
- Stuttgart Steinkopf (1)
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Christ is risen! An Easter greeting in the field
Booklet, IllustrationThis is an example of the incredible number of religious publications during the war. The energised title ‘Christ is ris...
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Cook book for the trenches
Book, DrawingToday’s men are often able to cook well, partly as a result of the emancipation process and changes to role perceptions ...
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German book of First World War photographs
Book, Photograph, IllustrationThese photographs show an idealised view of the Front, aimed at schoolchildren and teachers. The soldiers are sitting in...
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Map with bullet hole and photograph of Walter Flex
Map, Photograph, ManuscriptThe corners of this handcrafted map are covered in mud. And there is a hole – apparently from a bullet. This bullet prob...
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Merry military road! 600 amusing graffiti on train...
Book, PhotographGraffiti artists might regard themselves as modern, but the act of drawing and writing on surfaces in public places is n...
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On German prisoner of war camps
Book, PhotographThese photographs are from a book about foreign prisoners of war in German camps. The book reinforced the notion of figh...
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Our enemies: 96 character heads from German prison...
Book, PhotographThese men are prisoners of war from various countries, captured in Germany. Nearly all of them glower into the camera, a...
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Phrasebook for the conversation with wounded perso...
Book, ManualThis multilingual phrase book helped German soldiers and hospital workers communicate with wounded or captured foreigner...
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Puzzle book for our warriors
Book, DrawingThis picture puzzle shows a soldier marching through the forest. But ‘Where is the franc-tireur [sharpshooter]?’ He’s no...
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The field-grey Nutcracker! All kinds of puzzles, r...
Booklet, DrawingA huge nutcracker wearing a uniform bares its teeth, presumably against its enemies, not all of which are nuts. This is...
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The world war in photographs
Book, Photograph, DrawingSoldiers took pictures of their life away from home. Among these 50 personal photographs from World War One are smiling...
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War calculation tasks: modern complement to the ar...
BookThis maths problem is one of about 300 in a book dedicated to the war. Children are given a calculation using the statis...
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War imprisonment in France: 131 views of the Germa...
Book, PhotographThis book, published in Switzerland, shows daily life for German prisoners of war in France. It gives information on nut...
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