The project, supported by the Caritro Foundation, aims to explore a particular historical experience of encounters between Trentino and Southeastern and Central-Eastern Europe. The testimonies of World War I in Trentino are rich in relationships with people from distant lands, bringing diverse languages, cultures, and religions, who were transferred to the Italian-Austrian front as soldiers, workers, and prisoners of war. The project seeks to recover the memory of these encounters to enhance awareness of the opportunities and complexities that have shaped the history of European multiculturalism. It particularly focuses on the relationships established with Bosnian soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army and, building on a previous OBC Transeuropa project, with Russian, Serbian, and Romanian prisoners of war who inhabited the Trentino valleys by the thousands during those years. Overall, the project intends to consolidate more open and inclusive approaches to the experience of World War I, highlighting transnational contacts, connections, and shared experiences while combining different scales of analysis.

See the page (ITA): Grande Guerra L Europa in Trentino e l incontro con l Altro