How did family, relatives and friends grieve for the dead of the First World War? What were the forms in which the dead were remembered in families and local communities? How was death in action interpreted, and how were the bereaved comforted? The book deals with these questions using Italy as its exemplar. It takes as its sources the commemorative volumes which were widely published by middle-class families and their friends for individuals killed in action. They provide a unique testimony of how the great seminal catastrophe of this century and the trauma of death in war were processed...
How did family, relatives and friends grieve for the dead of the First World War? What were the forms in which the dead were remembered in families...
Die "Historische Kommission zu Berlin" betreibt die Erforschung der Landesgeschichte und der Historischen Landeskunde Berlin-Brandenburgs bzw. Brandenburg-Preuens in Form von wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen, Vortragen, Tagungen und Veroffentlichungen sowie durch Serviceleistungen. Dabei kooperiert die Kommission auch mit anderen Institutionen und begleitet wissenschaftliche und praktische Vorhaben von allgemeinem offentlichen Interesse. In der Schriftenreihe werden die Ergebnisse der einzelnen wissenschaftlichen Projekte der Kommission veroffentlicht.
Die "Historische Kommission zu Berlin" betreibt die Erforschung der Landesgeschichte und der Historischen Landeskunde Berlin-Brandenburgs bzw. Bran...
