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A visit to the monument
Today a part of the team visited the monument in Garderen, the Netherlands.
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Our new book published !
We can proudly announce that our newest book was presented in Gornji Milanovac (Central-Serbia) on 14/12/2020 on the opening of a renewed exhibition about our research. This exhibition will be until the end of February in the Museum of Rudnik and Takovo Region in Gornji Milanovac. Plans exist that this Read more…
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Book presentation & opening exhibition in Gornji Milanovac
Saturday 14/12/2019 at 13h00 our newest book (in Serbian & English) will be presented and afterwards the exhibition about our research will be opened. You are more than welcome ! It is organised by the Museum of Rudnik and Takovo Region in Gornji Milanovac and we are very grateful that Read more…
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Article in the Serbian newspaper “Vesti”
The Serbian newspaper ” Vesti” published on 16/10/2019 an article about the commemoration at the monument in Garderen in the Netherlands and mentioned also our research. Our friends from Vesti allowed it to publish it here on on our website. Click on the picture below to download the pdf file Read more…
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Commemoration Garderen : 5th October 14h00
The yearly commemoration in Garderen will be on 5th October by the monument (Begraafplaats Craatshof, Koningsweg 30, 3886 KC Garderen). It starts at 14h00. After the memorial service there is a posibility to meet each other in the building called “Kruimelstaete” ( Oud-Millingseweg 34, Garderen). For more information & contact , please Read more…
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100 years ago in the Hague, the Netherlands
Hundred years ago, on 29/06/1919, there was a service in the Russian church in the Hague for the 90 Serbian WWI soldiers who died in the Netherlands and ” het Algemeen Dagblad ” wrote about it on 01/07/1919 (link). Mourning ceremony Last Sunday [29 June] In the Russian church in The Read more…
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Andrey Cherepov – the last vicitm during repatriation
Today 100 years ago the Russian Andrey Cherepov died, being the last allied prisoner of war who died in the Netherlands as a result of World War One. Andrey Mikhailovich Cherepov was born in Kromy in Oryol Governorate in South-West Russia, and served as a soldier in the 144th Kashirskiy Read more…
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Arius van Tienhoven: Taken to testify / Створене да сведоче / Foto 's genomen als getuige
Arius van Tienhoven was a Dutch doctor who served during the Balkan wars and the First World War in several Red Cross missions. During these missions he took many pictures and they give a rare insight in these kind of missions and of life in general during these years. During Read more…
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On mortality in German camps
In an attempt to understand why the mortality among Serbian soldiers was higher than for others, we tried to trace them back through the German and Austrian camp system. The results of that effort were published by the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade in an article called ‘Captivity and Read more…
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The Serbian WWI soldiers who died 100 years ago in the Netherlands
It is now 100 years ago that the 91 Serbian WWI soldiers of our research died in the Netherlands. Since 2012 the team of secanje.nl did everything to give them a name, a face and a place in history so that they would not be forgotten. Of these 91 soldiers Read more…