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 Geplaatst: 29 Mei 2014 17:21 Onderwerp: Centenary Sparks Germans' Renewed Curiosity in WWI |
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| Quote: | Berlin: Widely eclipsed by the horror of the Nazi era, World War I seems to have found its way back into the minds of many Germans with a slew of new books ahead of the centenary of the war's outbreak.
Chancellor Angela Merkel commented recently that the 1914-18 war featured more prominently in the collective memories of Britons or the French - both countries refer to it as the "Great War" - than in Germany.
Unlike other European countries, Germany, which was defeated in the war, has no national commemorative event planned this year to mark 100 years since the August start of the conflict.
However, Merkel on Wednesday is due to inaugurate an exhibition on the war, which overall claimed the lives of 10 million soldiers and left 20 million more wounded along with millions of civilian casualties, at the German Historical Museum in Berlin. |
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http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/centenary-sparks-germans-renewed-curiosity-in-wwi-531974
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