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Only two weeks separated between the publication of the Hebrew translation of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, the great First World War novel, written by a veteran soldier - and the publication of Avigdor Hameiri's own war memoir, The Great Madness, the first best-seller of the Hebrew literature in Palestine. The publication of Hameiri's magnum opus came at the end of 1929, the year in which the Jewish author, poet and former soldier closed the curtains on the Kumkum, the first ever Hebrew satirical theatre in Palestine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present this article as an attempt to draw attention to the treatment of these issues on the pages of this magazine in the past twenty years, due to the 140th anniversary of the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the 100th anniversary of the Austro-Hungarian abandonment of the country, as of the foundation of the Kingdom of SHS as a new state that was created on the ruins of this old state. Therefore, our intention was to emphasize the historical significance of all these events and processes and the initiation of new research concerning their reflection on the local and regional area, where we are not only talking about Gračanica but about the wider area as well and the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This article shows that many interesting articles were published during the last twenty years that deal with specific questions concerning the Austro-Hungarian occupation and the length of the Austro-Hungarian rule, as well as other articles that deal with the collapse of the old state and the formation of a new state on its ruins. These articles, when judged by their quality and importance, are all important contributions to the local historiography and cultural history of the Gračanica region. The articles dealing with the available historical sources for that period are of special importance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores the evolution of the training and function of the French rabbinate in the interwar period. The First World War thrust Jewish clerics out from obscure institutional positions to the very forefront of national activity as 'soldiers' for their community and for the nation. The war experience furnished the French rabbinate with a set of new vehicles for representing a novel model of Jewish integration. Martial and paternal masculinities were both patriotically French and 'modern' in their embrace of secular social service and community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Ottoman Empire entered the war in October 1914. Once the military authorities had pronounced the war to be a Jihad, Christian and Jewish soldiers were removed from their military units and sent to the battalions called Amale Taburlari (road-building units) or tawabeer al-amale (labour battalions). One of these was Jerusalemite Hayim Nahmias who was conscripted in 1917. His experiences in a labour battalion were set down in a diary that lay unread for many years, until it was recently discovered in a storage unit. This article explains the nature and purpose of the labour battalions, and discusses Nahmias's experiences as reflected in his war diary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article presents a lesson plan for middle school students which teaches concepts about the significance of the Capital Treasures of Canada.

The article discusses the effect of weapons used in World War I on development of the conflict into a war of attrition. The machine gun shifted the balance of power to defensive positions. Its power was devastating to men on open ground. Bombs and grenades were used extensively for the first time and proved deadly as well, and explosives were lobbed into enemy trenches by both sides. The concept of shell-shock derives from this occurrence. The effects of gas, planes and tanks are discussed.

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