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Rozejm bożonarodzeniowy 1914 r. w listach kapitana Edwarda Hulse’a

Publication date: 12.2022

Rocznik Przemyski. Historia, 2022, 1 (27) 2022, pp. 191 - 214

https://doi.org/10.4467/24497347RPH.22.024.16649

Authors

Bartosz Kaczmarek
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5221-9317 Orcid
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Titles

Rozejm bożonarodzeniowy 1914 r. w listach kapitana Edwarda Hulse’a

Abstract

The article presents the translation and edition of a source: two letters written in December 1914 by a British officer Edward Hulse; it is his account of the events of the Christman truce. The aim of the paper is also to present and discuss the problem of mythologizing that event and changing its perception in historiography.

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Information

Information: Rocznik Przemyski. Historia, 2022, 1 (27) 2022, pp. 191 - 214

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Rozejm bożonarodzeniowy 1914 r. w listach kapitana Edwarda Hulse’a

English:

The Christmas truce of 1914 in the letters of Captain Edward Hulse

Published at: 12.2022

Article status: Open

Licence: CC-BY-NC-SA  licence icon

Percentage share of authors:

Bartosz Kaczmarek (Author) - 100%

Article corrections:

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Publication languages:

Polish