Virtual Exhibition "100 Years First World War"

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• 30 April 1915

  Laying of the final keystone of the Deutsche Bücherei
• 30 April 1915

  The first war exhibition by the Deutsche Bücherei is opened in the Deutsches Buchhändlerhaus
• Winter 1915/16

  In many places, bread and milk can be procured only with food stamps
• 26. Februar 1916

  Battle of Verdun
• 20 April 1916

  20 April 1916: Foundation date of the Sorting office for the spoils of war and library work
• 16.06.1916

  The first German underwater cargo ship leaves Wilhelmshaven for Baltimore
• 20 July 1916

  Prussian edict forbidding the military field services from passing material to the war collections of civilian institutions.
  The material was only permitted to be given to the Sichtungsstelle für Kriegsbeute und Bibliothekswesen in the Acting General Staff of the Army in Berlin.
• 2 September 1916

  Inauguration ceremony of the Deutsche Bücherei. The second war exhibition was opened in the new library building.
• 22.10.1916

  Gustav Wahl resigns as the first Director of the Deutsche Bücherei
• Winter 1916/17

  "Turnip Winter": Food supply in Germany reaches its lowest point. Strikes and protests against the food situation and the war are suppressed by the authorities.