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- Title
Hartmut Gräber, Die staatlichen Gedenkblätter für die Hinterbliebenen des Ersten Weltkriegs und die von Kaiser Wilhelm II. entworfenen Vorläufer des Evangelischen Trostbundes. Eine Studie. Deutschland, Frankreich, Britisches Reich, Italien und USA, Norderstedt, BoD – Books on Demand 2020, 250 S., EUR 28,99 [ISBN 978-3-7519-9351-7]
- Authors
Bosch, Gabriele
- Abstract
The study by Hartmut Gräber examines the memorial sheets for the fallen of the First World War and their predecessors, which were designed by Kaiser Wilhelm II. Over two million military war victims in Germany would have been entitled to a memorial sheet. The investigation focuses on the individually dedicated memorial sheets by the state and also considers the memorial sheet culture in other countries. Questions regarding the design, financing, and distribution of the memorial sheets are addressed, but information about commemoration in Russia or other Eastern European countries is missing. The consolation sheets were sent to the bereaved of fallen soldiers during the war and were based on the model of Prussia. It is noted that the memorial sheets for indigenous soldiers of the Imperial Protection Troops were not treated appropriately. The number of memorial sheets distributed in Germany is not known, as interest in them declined significantly after the war. The memorial sheet culture in Prussia became internationally exemplary, but the question remains open as to whether the consolation sheets were actually comforting or could strengthen the bond to the state.
- Subjects
PRUSSIA (Germany); GERMANY; DIE staatlichen Gedenkblatter fur die Hinterbliebenen des Ersten Weltkriegs und die von Kaiser Wilhelm II. entworfenen Vorlaufer des Evangelischen Trostbundes - eine Studie (Book); GRABER, Hartmut; STATE bonds; WORLD War I; EUROCENTRISM; WAR victims; NONFICTION; WAR; MEMORIALIZATION; CONSOLATION
- Publication
Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift, 2023, Vol 82, Issue 2, p497
- ISSN
2193-2336
- Publication type
Book Review
- DOI
10.1515/mgzs-2023-0090