#bitol

Esta es una foto de grupo que muestra a dos familias de Macedonia. En la imagen aparecen las familias de Isak Kolonomos y Teliko Tahula. En 1936, estas dos familias construyeron una casa en Bitola para compartirla. Este acuerdo era poco común en esa época porque la familia Kolonomos era judía y la familia Tahula era cristiana.

Entre las personas en la foto (sentados detrás de la mesa, de izquierda a derecha) están un hombre no identificado, Teliko Tahula, los hermanos Menahem y Kalef Kolonomos, Isaak Kolonomos, y algunos trabajadores no identificados. En la fila de atrás (de izquierda a derecha) están la señora Tahula, Djamila Kolonomos (madre de Isaak), Antigone Tahula, Esterina Kolonomos (madre de Jamila), las hermanas Rachela y Bela Kolonomos, y trabajadores no identificados.

Derechos de autor: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

The uses of Churchill | 1 Aug 1916

August on the Somme Winston Churchill is a pain in the arse, but he does have his uses. The fiasco on Gallipoli hasn’t done much to dent his conviction that the key to victory lies in operations away from the Western Front. And, if “operations on the Western Front” means the kind of slaughter that we’ve seen from the Battle of the Somme in July, maybe this is a good thing. Maybe he’s got a point.…

#OTD in # WW1 More attacks at Mrzli and Gorizia, Flora Sandes loses a friend in Serbia, retreat from Ctesiphon begins.

Fourth Isonzo First we go to Mount Mrzli, where they’re now suffering from a shortage of kitchen sinks to throw in. The line rocks and reels wildly throughout the day, advancing to within touching distance of the summit, then tumbling all the way back down to the trincerone, the Big Trench, often literally. Another attack gets to within ten yards of the enemy barbed wire, still stubbonly intact.…

#OTD in #WW1 4th Battle of the #Isonzo gets underway, Serbian govt moves again, Flora Sandes is at Bitol.

Fourth Isonzo Once more unto the breach, dear friends. Once more, or close the wall up with Italian dead. General Cadorna has at least restricted the areas of operation once more. A big push against the hills around Gorizia, a hopeful poke around Monte Sei Busi to expand the recent capture of a bit of an enemy trench, another series of charges up Mount San Michele. And there is a little worrying…

#OTD in #WW1 Third #Isonzo thankfully ends, the Greek government falls again, the Serbian government quits #Nis

Third Isonzo The already-ridiculous rainfall continues with even greater intensity, and now the writing’s on the wall for the battle. Any hope of an Italian breakthrough has been built on coordinated, targeted pushes, but now they’re falling apart piecemeal as individual components of the attacks are postponed due to the rain and general exhaustion. I hope that quoting the Austro-Hungarian…