The First World War (1914 -1918) is an important event in our, but also in European history and memory. Through different types and forms of written memory – museum artifacts, photographs, documentary narrative material we will introduce you to the silent testimonies of the war of all directly and indirectly affected participants, but also the challenges of another struggle – struggle for the common man’s life, taking into account the sociological aspects as well as the different models of functioning in war conditions. Relying on on established and well-known historical facts and scientific research results that portray this four-year conflict, we will provide a better perception and understanding of the dynamic political and historical processes and social events on the eve, in the course of and at the end of the First World War.