On Friday, 5 May, Savremena’s students visited the Central Military Club of the Serbian Armed Forces in order to visit the exhibition “Serb Woman – Heroine in the Great War” by Dimitrije Vujadinović.

Lesson from a different perspective

The exhibition, which sheds light on the role of Serbian women as heroes, helped them view everything they had learned about World War I from a new perspective, the perspective of women who suffered torture and other hardships of the time.

The Serbian woman, peasant and citizen on whose shoulders fell the burden of taking care of the family, the burnt and looted hearth and home, and caring for their loved ones on the front, was the main subject of the exhibition that made a strong impression on the students. However, had it not been for the bravery and strong character of these women, their wisdom and skilfulness in surviving the impossible conditions and suffering during the war, the success of the soldiers and their loved ones would have been futile.

For the first time on the global stage – political, economic and family-related – the Great war promoted and established the values of the feminine principle, which is why this exhibition was particularly interesting to the students who delightedly watched the strong, persistent and belligerent women. The Great war is not described in this way in textbooks, which is another reason why this exhibition was special to Savremena’s students.  

The lesson about World War I is an inherent part of the curriculum, even in elementary school, and Savremena’s students enriched, revised and, above all, understood it with their visit to the Central Military Club of the Serbian Armed Forces.