The anthology brings together 17 short stories from 17 different countries.
Looking back 100 years, all participants realised that the year 1918 was experienced, and still is seen very differently in many countries. For some it stands for defeat, the beginning of a civil war, for others it represents a loss; for some it equals liberation, for others victory. In certain cases, even diverging points of view can be found in parallel: defeat but also democratization; new states based on the idea of self-determination, but only for a part of the population.
The anthology was published by Luxembourg’s culture ministry and 17 embassies in the grand duchy, led by Austria’s. The other embassies were those of Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK and US.