The Great War Diaries

Breathtaking Colour Photographs from a World Torn Apart

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Summary

Brutal and cataclysmic, the First World War irrevocably changed the face of Europe. On the centenary of its onset, The Great War Diaries gives a startling and intimate view of life during wartime, through never-before-seen colour photographs from each year of the conflict.

Featuring hundreds of newly discovered colour photographs from the collection of August Fuhrmann, Germany's first media tycoon, The Great War Diaries opens up a hidden world. From the horrors of the front line to challenges on the home front, images of strength and suffering, hope and despair, pulse with new life, illuminated by entries from the private diaries of people on all sides of the conflict.

Accompanying a landmark BBC series, The Great War Diaries casts the experience of the world’s first modern, mechanized conflict in an entirely new light.

"One of the most extraordinary pictorial records of the First World War" - Ben Macintyre, The Times

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one of the most extraordinary pictorial records of the First World War
Ben Macintyre, The Times

About the authors

Gunnar Dedio

Gunnar Dedio was born in 1969 in Rostock, in the former GDR. In the years of upheaval following the fall of the Iron Curtain he founded the film production company LOOKS. Being part of this formative period of history inspired Gunnar to devote himself as a film producer and author focusing on historical topics. He is the creator and executive producer of the series The Great War Diaries. He lives with his family in Leipzig.

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Florian Dedio

Florian Dedio, born in 1981, studied screenwriting at the Vancouver Film School. Since 2004 he has developed documentaries, working as a producer, writer or director depending on the nature of the project. He is the producer of the series The Great War Diaries. He lives in Leipzig.