Библиографија радова о Ваљеву у Првом светском рату
Bibliography of the City of Valjevo During the First World War

Summary/Abstract: Valjevo had long felt the consequences of being at the center of the Balkan front in the First World War. It took more than twenty years for Valjevo and its citizens to recover from the sufferings in the First World War. No sooner had it seemed that the citizens of Valjevo would finally heal from the consequences of the Great War than the Second World War began. After the Second World War, Serbian historiography had long dealt with the matter of the First World War only sporadically and insufficiently. Significant strides in this respect were made towards the end of the 1960s. Many articles published in the local history magazine as well as in scholarly anthologies initiated an interest in this topic. There has since been a progressive increase in the number of bibliographies that include the First World War. Researchers who showed interest in studying the history of the local community and its role in the context of Serbia in the Great War produced many academic works. Of all these works, the most valuable historical materials are those produced right after the Great War under the patronage of the state and those which authors were direct participants in the combat operations in the Valjevo region. Their testimonies through remembrance and memoirs give us a true picture of the aforementioned events and the extent of suffering of the citizens of Valjevo. Vastly important are the works made at WWI themed scientific conferences which focused on the Battle of Kolubara and Valjevo Hospital. No less valuable were the contemporary home and foreign press, with their daily reports from the Balkan front. Local historians and amateur chroniclers have also played a major role in ensuring that the horrors and sufferings of the citizens of Valjevo in the First World War are never forgotten. Valjevo had the misfortune to play a pivotal role in the First World War, and it suffered numerous and extensive criticisms as a consequence.

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