Museum Of The Great War
Additionally, it has two major permanent specialist exhibits:
- Prisoners of War
According to museum research, 500,000 French, 160,000 British and (at June 1916) 85,000 Germans were prisoners of war. By including displaced and detained civilians, this figure rises to 6.6 million. The exhibition deals with all aspects of captivity: the food, for example, was insufficient and of poor quality; illness was rife; and prisoners of war were required to work hard.
- Children in World War I
For some, World War I was seen as a means of defending civilisation against barbarism, to protect the future of children. The image of the child was thus frequently used in posters, notably for recruitment. Children, too, were the subject of propaganda. School books of the period often dwelt on patriotic duty for future soldiers and future nurses. Simplified versions of soldiers, sailors and nurses became popular for children and toys took on a military air.
There is another museum with a similar name, near Paris, called the Musée de la Grande Guerre du Pays de Meaux
References
References:
Historial de la Grande Guerre (Museum) & Fontaine, Caroline (2008). The collections of the Historial of the Great War. Somology Art Publishers ; Peronne, France : Historial of the Great War, Paris.
Fathi, Romain (2013). Représentations muséales du corps combattant de 14-18 : l'Australian War Memorial de Canberra au prisme de l'Historical de la Grande Guerre de Péronne. Harmattan, Paris
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- ^ "Museum home page". Archived from the original on 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ "Presentation International Research Center". Historial de la Grande Guerre.
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