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    Romania in timpul Primului Razboi Mondial. Aliati, adversari si propaganda. O istorie in imagini • Romania during World War I. Allies, Opponents and Propaganda. An Illustrated History
 
    Albumul, sub semnatura prof. univ. dr. Alin Ciupala, isi propune sa aduca in atentia publicului doua aspecte mai putin avute in vedere atunci cand se discuta despre participarea Romaniei in Primul Razboi Mondial, eveniment care a avut drept rezultat realizarea in 1918 a unirii tuturor provinciilor locuite de romani:

    • importanta surselor vizuale (fotografii, carti postale ilustrate, afise, fluturasi de propaganda, filme de epoca, benzi desenate) si a altor categorii de surse (medalii, plachete) in cercetarea trecutului si in intelegerea unor procese complexe, precum razboiul, proiectul national roman, evolutiile politice internationale, Marea Unire. Daca de cele mai multe ori cercetatorul a preferat sursele narative, documentele, in studiul subiectelor enuntate, imaginile pot fi la randul lor la fel de relevante si chiar mai directe prin puterea lor de penetrare. Multe dintre cele cuprinse in albumul de fata sunt unice, altele foarte rare, unele sunt uitate cu desavarsire sau ignorate atunci cand sunt identificate;

    • subiectele spre care ne trimit aceste surse sunt la randul lor inedite, precum: participarea femeilor din Romania la sustinerea efortului de razboi al tarii; organizarea pe teritoriul ocupat de Puterile Centrale a unor lagare in care au fost detinuti militari francezi de origine africana capturati de germani pe frontul occidental; rolul omului simplu, pe langa acela al personalitatilor, in razboi, atat in primele linii, cat si acasa; contributia deosebita, civica, sanitara, politica, a reginei Maria; Primul Razboi Mondial in memoria colectiva romaneasca dupa 1918 si pana astazi; batalia propagandistica intre Puterile Centrale si cele ale Antantei, la care Romania a luat parte de la inceput. Istoria in imagini o completeaza in mod fericit pe cea scrisa si ii ofera o culoare aparte, descompusa in toate nuantele sale.

 

    The album signed by Professor Alin Ciupala PhD aims to reveal to the public two aspects less considered in the discussion about the participation of Romania in the Great War, which resulted in the accomplishment in 1918 of the union of all the territories inhabited by Romanians:

    • the importance of the visuals (photographs, illustrated postcards, posters, propaganda leaflets, movies of that time, cartoons) and of other kind of sources (medals, plates) in the research of the past and in the understanding of some complex processes such as the war, the Romanian national project, the international political course, the Great Union. While the researcher mostly favored the written sources, the documents, as he investigated the abovementioned topics, the pictures can be equally relevant and even more straightforward considering their impact. Many of the photos in this album are unique, others are very rare, some are completely forgotten or ignored when they are identified;

    • the topics which these sources drive us to are, in their turn, original, e.g.: the participation of Romanian women in the country’s war effort; the establishment on the territory occupied by the Central Powers of camps where French soldiers of African origin were imprisoned, as they were captured by the Germans on the Western front; the role of the simple man, apart from that of the personalities, during the war, both in the frontline and at home; Queen Mary’s extraordinary civic, medical, political contribution; the Great War in the Romanian collective memory after 1918 to this day; the war between the Central Powers and the Allies in terms of propaganda, to which Romania was part from the beginning. Visual history naturally makes written history whole and adds to it a special colour, decomposing it into all of its shades.