PROJEKT „SVET SI PAMÄTÁ“ A VYTVORENIE DATABÁZY PADLÝCH VOJAKOV Z OBDOBIA PRVEJ SVETOVEJ VOJNY (1914 – 1918)

• Authors: Mináriková Katarína

Title variants

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„The World Remembers“ project and the creation of the Database of Fallen Soldiers from the World War 1 (1914–1918)

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The article about the „The World Remembers“ project and the creation of the Database of Fallen Soldiers from the World War 1 (1914–1918) provides basic information regarding the creation of the project, cooperation with the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, the activities and scope of the Military Historical Archive in Bratislava, as a part of the Institute of Military History. The Institute of Military History joined the project in 2019, providing expert contribution on the involvement of Slovaks on the battlefields of the World War 1 with 267 digitised military registers of fallen soldiers. The paper contains detailed procedure of the researchers (employees of the Institute) in processing the military registers as well as the issues they encounter. The processing must follow a predetermined structure, with necessary knowledge of basic historical facts as well as linguistic prowess. The project resulted in an online database, which is available to the public on www.vhu.sk.

Keywords

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DATABASE OF FALLEN SOLDIERS; WORLD WAR I; MILITARY REGISTERS

• Publisher: Vojenský historický ústav Bratislava
• Journal: Vojenská história
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 147 – 152

Contributors

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Mináriková Katarína

• Vojenský historický ústav – Vojenský historický archív Krajná 27, 821 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7063-604