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In collaboration with the Memorial of Caen, the CRHQ has started to make up a database dedicated to World War II public notices, of which one first selection is already available on Caen University internet server, in a very temporary presentation. This site is designed in a different way to those one can consult on the WEB at the moment, in terms of both its conception and the number of public notices collected.
This site does not just provide an ordinary collection of pictures, but provides a reasoned presentation with a truly historic character. Thus, each public notice will be accompanied by a bibliographical note (author, publisher, year, size…) along with a specific commentary (context, style, cross-references to comparable public notices…) Futhermore, the site is designed to enable people to approach country by country, or according to chronology, outstanding events, but also to cross-disciplinary themes (for example : the economy of war, women’s role during the war, the Resistance, Collaboration, the representation of the enemy…) This site will first rely on the rich collection of the Memorial of Caen (2 200 French and foreign original public notices). In order to complete these collections, relationships have been founded with the London Imperial War Museum (assigned to become a partner of the project) the Ottawa Canadian War Museum, the Moscow Armed Forces Central Museum (that has already supplied 500 photographic reproductions of World War II Soviet public notices), The Turin Instituto nazionale per la storia des Movimento di liberazione in Italia. With the same aim, contacts will also be made with comparable organizations in the United States, Germany and in Japan. |
WORLD WAR II PUBLIC NOTICES
