From the Chemin des Dames to Verdun: The Memory of the First World War in War Memorials in the Red Zone

2009 ◽  
pp. 121-132
Author(s):  
Alexandre Niess
Keyword(s):  
First World War ◽  
World War ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
The First World War ◽  
First World

Australian universities and the commemoration of the First World War

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Darian-Smith ◽  
James Waghorne
Keyword(s):  
First World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Content Type ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The University ◽  
War Commemoration ◽  
First World ◽  
Australian Universities

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how Australian universities commemorated the First World War, with a focus on the University of Melbourne as an institution with a particularly rich history of wartime participation and of diverse forms of memorialisation. Design/methodology/approach A case study approach is taken, with an overview of the range of war memorials at the University of Melbourne. These include memorials which acknowledged the wartime role of individuals or groups associated with the University, and took the form of architectural features, and named scholarships or academic positions. Three cross-campus war memorials are examined in depth. Findings This paper demonstrates that there was a range of war memorials at Australian universities, indicating the range of views about the First World War, and its legacies, within university communities of students, graduates and staff. Originality/value University war commemoration in Australia has not been well documented. This study examines the way in which the particular character of the community at the University of Melbourne was to influence the forms of First World War commemoration.

The First World War and the Lake District

2020 ◽  
pp. 155-180
Author(s):  
Saeko Yoshikawa
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
First World War ◽  
Great War ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Lake District ◽  
World War ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The Great War ◽  
First World

Chapter 5 reveals how the Great War of 1914–1918 produced a remarkable upturn in Wordsworth’s reputation, and how it had an inescapable impact on the cultural landscape of the Lake District. For obvious reasons, Wordsworth’s sonnets on liberty and independence had strong public appeal, and his sense of crisis during the war with Napoleonic France was shared by many who stood against Germany. Equally, Wordsworth’s poetry and the Lake scenery offered consolation and relief at a time of widespread tension, anxiety, and horror. When hostilities ended, Wordsworth’s association with the Lake scenery, combined with his patriotic revival during the war, produced the idea of the Lakeland mountains as a stronghold of national liberty. Twelve mountains were donated to the National Trust to be preserved as war memorials, and public free access to them were also secured.

scholarly journals Heritage and memory of the First World War in Greece during the interwar period a historical perspective

Balcanica ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 221-236
Author(s):  
Elli Lemonidou
Keyword(s):  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
First World War ◽  
Historical Event ◽  
World War ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Great War ◽  
Second World ◽  
First World

The memory of the First World War in Greece has suffered throughout the years a gradual decline, which is comparable to the case of many other countries, mostly in areas of Eastern and Southeastern Europe. The Great War mattered somehow for politicians, the press and public opinion in Greece only in the interwar years. During that period, discourse about the First World War included the echo of traumatic events related to Greek involvement in the war(such as the surrender of Fort Roupel to Central Powers forces and the bloody clashes of December 1916 in Athens after the landing of Entente troops) and the efforts to erect war memorials as a tribute to the sacrifice of fallen soldiers, both Greeks and foreigners. At the same time, the Greek people had the opportunity to learn a lot about the international dimension of the war through news?papers, where translated memoirs of leading wartime figures (of both alliances) were published. After the outbreak of the Second World War, interest in the previous major conflict (including the Greek role in the hostilities) significantly diminished in the country. Taking into consideration the ongoing experience of the centenary manifestations, the author proposes a codification of the main types (existing or potential) of WWI memory in Greece and suggests new ways of approaching this major historical event. The final chapter addresses some possible causes of the troublesome relation of Greeks with the First World War, which is mainly due to the very particular circumstances of Greek involvement in the war and the determining role of later historical events that overshadowed memories of the earlier conflict.

The Edwardian Jewish community and the First World War

2019 ◽  
pp. 100-112
Author(s):  
Nigel Grizzard
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Community ◽  
First World War ◽  
Immigrant Community ◽  
World War ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
The First World War ◽  
War Effort ◽  
Widespread Belief ◽  
Friendly Societies ◽  
First World

This chapter examines the Jewish community in Edwardian Leeds, by which time it was not just an immigrant community. The Aliens Act limited further mass migration and so the community grew naturally. It is shown how local institutions developed, such as synagogues and friendly societies. The chapter takes issue with the widespread belief, which underlay the 1917 anti-Semitic riots, that Jews were not contributing to the war effort. Numbers are provided of those Jews who served and died in the First World War. The importance of war memorials is stressed.

scholarly journals Politics of relics: On the celebration of the fallen of the First World War during the interwar period in Italy

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-72
Author(s):  
Daniele Pisani ◽  
Keyword(s):  
First World War ◽  
World War ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
The First World War ◽  
Small War ◽  
Fascist Regime ◽  
The Many ◽  
The One ◽  
Second World ◽  
First World

This paper explores the way in which the fallen of the First World War were commemorated in Italy between 1918 and 1940. At the end of the war, numerous spontaneous local monuments were constructed. At the same time, the many small war cemeteries established near the former battlefield areas began to be perceived as a problem. Shortly before the Second World War, in order to bury all the exhumed bodies, the Fascist Regime constructed huge war memorials (ossari and sacrari). However, this was also a means of taking advantage of the fallen for ideological and political purposes. This paper focuses on the connection between the sacralisation of the battlefields by way of raising ossari and sacrari, on the one hand, and the spread of ‘fragments’ of these battlefields all around the country, on the other. The latter phenomenon has not yet attracted significant interest from researchers. Boulders from the battlefields began to appear in the middle of village, town, and city squares across the country. They were considered ‘sacred’ since they were where hundreds of thousands of soldiers had fallen, ensuring Italy’s victory. As the boulders themselves were imbued with the fallen’s sacred blood, they were not carved but rather displayed within the monuments in their ‘natural’ shape. They were not intended to represent anything or communicate a specific message regarding war and death; they simply had to present themselves. The stone of which they were made was their main feature: just like relics, they emanated a sacred aura. Through their physical dissemination, the whole national territory could therefore be sacralised. To take their cue from this rebirth of relics were the ossari and sacrari of the late Fascist Regime, which used them as a propaganda weapon.

Memorials and Location: Local versus National Identity and the Scottish National War Memorial

2010 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Macleod
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
National Identity ◽  
First World War ◽  
The Other ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
World War ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The First World War ◽  
First World

This article seeks to explore the controversy surrounding the Scottish National War Memorial. It analyses the arguments over the design of the memorial and its impact on Edinburgh Castle. The criticisms by Lord Rosebery and others of the design proposed by Robert Lorimer are dealt with in detail. The campaign by the Duke of Atholl to raise money for the memorial is scrutinised and the difficulties in securing donations at a time when there were many simultaneous attempts to raise money for local and institutional memorials is discussed. The article attempts to relate this material to the wider literature on war memorials in the period immediately following the First World War. The main theme of the article is to note the way in which the memorial at the Castle came to be accepted as a ‘national’ memorial and how this process relates to the formation and maintenance of Scottish national identity in the 1920s. As highlighted by comparison with the other national memorials, the Scottish National War Memorial ultimately serves to show the unity of the Scottish nation and the ongoing strength of its martial tradition, a means by which Scotland could express a distinctive identity whilst remaining securely within the United Kingdom.

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