A Whole Empire Walking: Refugees in Russia During World War I

Monas, Sidney; Gatrell, Peter

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“…57 Bolshevik party. 64 It was in Germany's interests to reach these minds with antiimperialist material. By April 1915 it was reported that the libraries in the German POW camps were being managed in co-operation with the Danish Red Cross.…”

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Librarians as Agents of German Foreign Policy and the Cultural Consequences of the First World War

Gusejnova

2023

Hist. J.

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In this article I explore the cultural impact of the First World War by analysing the work of libraries and librarians in different settings, from German-occupied Belgium and prisoner-of-war camps to Germany's own public and private libraries. By examining the work of German, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, and American librarians, the article makes a case for applying the notion of a ‘long’ First World War to cultural and intellectual history. Considering ephemeral and established libraries, along with new types of collections generated by the war itself, the article sheds light on the changes to library work as a result of mobilization, censorship, and the growth of mass readership. While these changes concerned librarians in all belligerent states, German librarians were particularly affected after the burning of the Leuven library during the city's occupation by German forces. This singular event damaged Germany's national reputation and thereby laid the groundwork for a significant politicization of library work all the way to the Second World War. In addition to tracing the importance of librarians for German foreign policy, the article reconstructs how this professional community, whose intellectual formation was ultimately supranational, responded to the First World War.

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“…After the peace of Compiègne, many of the Russians began to make their way back to Russia, where, in 1918, a special commissariat for refugees was beginning to organize them according to principles convenient to the Bolshevik party. 64 It was in Germany's interests to reach these minds with antiimperialist material.…”

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Librarians as Agents of German Foreign Policy and the Cultural Consequences of the First World War

Gusejnova

2023

Hist. J.

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A Whole Empire Walking: Refugees in Russia During World War I

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Librarians as Agents of German Foreign Policy and the Cultural Consequences of the First World War

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