Collection items
Discover World War One historical sources from both sides of the conflict, contributed by institutions from across Europe.
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Publisher
- Basel Neue Literarische Buchhandlung (1)
- Berlin Janke (1)
- Berlin Photographisches Verlags Bro Eduard Schlag (1)
- Berlin Scherl (1)
- Berlin Verlag von Griebens Reisefhrern Albert Goldschmidt (1)
- Berlin Voss (1)
- Breslau Hirt (1)
- Breslau Priebatsch (1)
- Frankfurt am Main Rtten Loening (1)
- Leipzig Hachmeister Thal (1)
- Mnchen Beck (1)
- Mnchen Pohl (1)
- Stuttgart Steinkopf (1)
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Army Supreme Command Scholz New Year 1916
Book, DrawingA naked muscleman, armed with a sword, is sitting on a warhorse. Ukrainian men and women, walking their pig, stare anxio...
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Booklet 'Women's effort in war time'
Booklet, IllustrationThe title of this booklet translates as ‘women’s effort in wartime’, published by the European Fashion Journal. It conta...
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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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Designs for war memorials, gravestones and cenotap...
Book, DrawingThese designs for gravestones and cenotaphs were created by Ludwig F Fuchs. Fuchs was an architect, and his designs woul...
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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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German satirical map of Europe in 1914
Map, IllustrationA buck-toothed England looks grumpy – with Ireland growling at its back – and hesitates to mobilise its fleet. France is...
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Hurray! A war picture-book for children
Book, Illustration, Children's bookThese illustrations are from the children’s book Hurray! A War Picture-Book by the magazine illustrator and commercial a...
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Illustrations of German and enemy aircraft
Book, DrawingThis booklet includes detailed drawings showing how to identify different aircraft. It starts with how to recognise Germ...
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Letter from Franz Marc asking his gallerist to sel...
Letter, Manuscript, PostcardFranz Marc was one of Germany’s most important Expressionist artists. Together with Wassily Kandinsky and others he foun...
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Little knitting book - Edited by the Patriotic Wom...
Book, Manual, PhotographWork towards the war effort wasn’t only at the front line. Women at home knitted clothes to protect soldiers against icy...
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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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Military views in the field
Book, DrawingGood knowledge of a territory is crucial to any war. If you are a soldier who has to move forward into an unknown area,...
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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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