Wednesday, April 1, 2015

A screening of the documentary War & Peace in the Balkans is taking place as part of the "National Identities and Museums" conference on April 3, 2015, organised by the National Historical Museum, in cooperation with the International Association of Museums of History.

Using rare footage, pictures and unpublished material from the Balkans and around the world, the documentary provides a view of the dramatic changes brought to the lives of the people of the Balkan region in the years of WWI, from 1914-18, from Bosnia and Serbia to Bulgaria, Greece and the Ottoman Empire. Renowned historians, such as Mark Mazower, Philip Carrabott, Christopher Clark, Jay Winter, Thomas W. Gallant, Halil Berktay and the writer Misha Glenny (The Balkans), also participate.

The documentary was produced on the occasion on the centenary of World War I, as part of a cross-media landmark reassessment of Balkan history project War and Peace in the Balkans, which also contains a photography exhibition, an online platform and an educational program for children. It is the product of collaboration between Anemon Productions, the Goethe-Institut Athen and the British Council Greece.