Exhibition on women in World War I to open next week

BELGRADE - The exhibition entitled 'Zene u prvom svetskom ratu' (Women in World War I) authored by Aleksandra Ninkovic Tasic will open in Belgrade's Gallery of Science and Technology of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) next week, SANU released.

The exhibition was created as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Great War in SANU, and the support in the form of documents and archive materials came from the Association of War Volunteers 1912-1918, their descendants and admirers.

The exhibition pays tribute to the heroines including devoted nurses and female fighters who earned most significant medals and recognitions for their courage.

The visitors will have a chance to hear the stories about the best-known female soldier Milunka Savic, female sergeant in the Serbian army Flora Sandes and British nurses who came to Serbia with a humanitarian mission to treat wounded Serbian soldiers and procure aid for Serbia and often lost their lives in the courageous mission.

The exhibition honours the memory of the great heroines whose brave feats seem to have been almost completely forgotten in society.

The exhibition was realised with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia and it will remain open until November 25.