22.09.2019.
Exhibition 'Serbia in the Great War 1914-1918' opens in Paris
The exhibition 'Serbia in the Great War 1914-1918' was opened at the Cultural Center of Serbia in Paris, the capital of France, last night.
The exhibition was organised by the Military Archive and the Military Museum of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, the Historical Archive of Požarevac and the Cultural Centre of Serbia in Paris, and the realisation was made possible by the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia.
Addressing the numerous audience at the opening ceremony of the exhibition, Director of the Military Archive, Captain (Navy) Goran Petrović, emphasized that the organisers of the exhibition are the guardians of the history of the Serbian army and that they give their full contribution for the brilliant and glorious victories of the Serbian army, won in the fights for freedom, not to be forgotten.- Few nations have always been on the right side of history, the side of good. Few small nations have been written in the world history with capital letters, because of their sacrifice. And because of their warfare, which was always defensive. That is why we wish this exhibition to remind of significant personalities, crucial battles, great losses and great victories – Captain Petrović said.
He emphasised that the Serbian soldiers, who had borne on their shoulders those crucial historical moments and who, during the years of the World War I, wrote the holiest and most sacred pages of the Serbian military history, should not be forgotten in the corridors of history.
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It should be borne in mind that the Kingdom of Serbia has made a full contribution to the war efforts of the Allies and it should not be surprising, confusing or sound exaggerated when the foreign witnesses of Serbian suffering who wrote that in Serbia almost every Serb is a soldier – Captain Petrović said, emphasising that with the exhibition 'Serbia in the Great War 1914-1918' at the Serbian Cultural Center in Paris, we recall the common history during which French and Serbian soldiers recognised themselves as 'brothers in arms' and 'brothers in ideals', and above all in their love for freedom.The exhibition presents a selection of 280 historical documents and photographs and 60 museum objects, which tells the true story of the war in Serbia in the World War I, with particular reference to Serbia's diplomatic engagement and contacts with the Allied powers – France, Great Britain and Russia. The setting represents a contribution to the culture of memory, memory and duration, as the building material of the Serbian national identity.
The opening of the exhibition was attended by representatives of the organisers of the exhibition, Head of the Military Museum Lieutenant Colonel Gradimir Matić, Director of the Požarevac Historical Archive Jasmina Nikolić, Acting Director of the Cultural Centre of Serbia in Paris Marija Nestorović, Chief of Staff of the French Army General Bernard Barrera, as well as numerous officials from military and diplomatic corps.
The exhibition 'Serbia in the Great War of 1914-1918' was organised to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the Versailles Peace Conference at the Cultural Centre of Serbia in Paris and will be open until 19th October this year.
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