Books
published by the members of the Museum:
1990, "Giornale"
by Alessandro Suckert. (War
diary of Curzio Malaparte's brother). Edited by Paolo Giacomel. Lit. 10.000.
The
diary narrates the enthusiasm of the famous irredentists, the Italian propaganda
to participate to the war, the first trench experiences in the Storo and
Trentino territories and in the area north of the Garda Lake, the subsequent
sufferings caused by the war, the fall of the initial enthusiasm, through to the
understanding of the absurdity of it all. The diary ends in June 1916, when the
author is wounded during the “Strafexpedition”.
1991,
"Un Kaiserjäger d'Ampezzo"
by Silvio Zardini Poliziòto. (Diary
of the war in Galicia-Poland). Edited by Paolo Giacomel. A
Cooperativa di Cortina edition. Lit.
25.000.
Diary
of an Ampezzo soldier enrolled in the Austro-Hungarian army and sent to fight on
the Russian front, in Galicia, present-day Poland. The diary narrates the
adventure of the author and of his soldier companions, boarded on cattle trucks
and sent out to the Habsburg empire border, 1.000 kilometres away from home.
After the first battles, the loss of close friends and many other distresses,
the initial enthusiasm created by the propaganda decreases, leaving space to the
understanding of the absurdity of the war and to the hatred towards the
politicians who wanted it.
1991,
"Cortina d'Ampezzo e i suoi ricordi
di guerra" by Loris Lancedelli and Paolo Giacomel. Lit.
3.000.
The
books synthetically narrates the history of Cortina d'Ampezzo and the facts
connected to the War Museum and to the ideas and obstacles for its
establishment.
1993, "Camminavano
verso l'Italia". War
diary by ALFONSO CILIENTO. Edited by Paolo Giacomel. (2nd reprint in 1998, a
Gino Rossato edition). Lit. 25.000.
Diary
of a Neapolitan soldier, lance-corporal and then sergeant, narrating the facts
occurred on the battle fields from the Isonzo river to Caporetto, from the Piave
river to Monte Grappa and from the Friuli and Veneto towns to Albania.
1994, Volume no. 1
"1914 - 1915 Cortina d'Ampezzo, dal Tirolo all'Italia". Civic
Library of Cortina d'Ampezzo, by Paolo Giacomel. (3rd reprint in process). Lit.
15.000.
Thorough
study of Professor Paolo Giacomel about the Ampezzo population during the first
year of the war, when the young soldiers were sent to the border of
Russia-Galicia. It includes a collection of written testimonies like diaries,
letters, cards and pictures, as well as episodes personally narrated by the
elderly and the survivors who experienced
that tragic historical period.
"Isidoro
Alverà Graer Stadsütze d'Ampezzo", Union de i Ladis de Anpezo. Edited
by Paolo Giacomel. (2nd
reprint). Lit. 15.000.
War
diary of a young reformed Ampezzo carpenter, whom exemption from service was
revoked when Italy declared war to Austria. He had to defend the Ampezzo
territory against the Italian troops during the first month of the war. As he
became ill, he was moved from hospital to hospital, and successively sent to the
Col di Lana trenches with the Standschutzen. On November 4th, day of the
armistice between Italy and Austria, he died of Spanish flu in Brunico.
Volume no. 2
"1914 - 1919 Dramma di una famiglia
Ampezzana" Civic Library of Cortina d'Ampezzo, by Paolo Giacomel. (3rd
reprint in process). Lit. 15.000.
The
book narrates the story of an Ampezzo family, overwhelmed by the tragedy of the
war: the father and four sons were fighting on the front and the mother and one
doughter were interned in Florence. Another son was wounded on the Russian front
and interned in Tuscany, and one army chaplain son, prisoner of the Italian
soldiers was successively interned and put in jail. They made it back to Cortina
in April 1919. (Institutions, people, ideas and landscape deeply changed in five
years of war).
1995, Volume no. 3
"Giugno - Ottobre 1915 Bombardarono Cortina" Civic Library of
Cortina d'Ampezzo, by Paolo Giacomel. (3rd
reprint in process). Lit. 15.000.
The
continuation of the historical research of Professor Paolo Giacomel on the
Ampezzo population during the second year of war. A collection of written
testimonies like diaries, letters, cards and pictures, as well as episodes
personally narrated by the elderly and the survivors who experienced
that tragic historical period.
1996, Volume no. 4
"Cortina d'Ampezzo Settembre-Dicembre 1915" Civic Library of
Cortina d'Ampezzo, by Paolo Giacomel. (3rd
reprint in process). Lit. 19.000.
Study
of Professor Paolo Giacomel about the life of the Ampezzo population during the
last months of year 1915. A series of written and oral testimonies with many
unpublished pictures.
1997, "Arrivederci
- Aufwiedersehen" Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1915-1939 war cemeteries. Regole
d'Ampezzo, Parco delle Dolomiti d'Ampezzo. Lit.
28.000.
Research
by Paolo Giacomel about 50 cemeteries built in the Ampezzo valley between
1915-1918, including tombstones, memorial stones, monuments and other
testimonies about the war, before the Pocol Military Sanctuary was built in
1939.
Catalogues
of the Exhibition "Museo della
Grande Guerra 1914-1918 a Cortina d'Ampezzo", Organizing Committee for
the institution of the Museum of the First World War. By Loris Lancedelli and
Paolo Giacomel. Lit. 12.000.
Catalogues
of the exhibition containing the synthetic statements of facts happened in
Cortina during the First World War.
1998,
German edition of the exhibition catalogue "Die
Geshicte des Krieges in Cortina d'Ampezzo 1914-1918", Organizing
Committee for the institution of the Museum of the First World War. By Loris
Lancedelli and Paolo Giacomel. Lit. 12.000.
English
edition of the exhibition catalogue "The First World War 1914-1918 in Cortina d'Ampezzo" Organizing
Committee for the institution of the Museum of the First World War. By
Loris Lancedelli and Paolo Giacomel. Lit. 12.000.
1999,
Volume no. 5, "Un Tirolese di lingua
italiana". By
Don Isidoro Alverà, 1915-1916. War and imprisonment diary, 1939.
Diary
of an army chaplain from Ampezzo, imprisoned on the Col di Lana while he was
bringing help to an Italian wounded soldier. Threatened of getting shot, he was
moved from prison to prison until 1919. In 1939 he experienced the period during
which the Ladin population had to choose between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
He died in 1940, disappointed by another useless war.
New
releases coming up:
The
book:
Photographic
guide of the front: "1915 - 1917
Osservatorio e artiglierie Italiane delle Cinque Torri" with a view of
the front of the Tofana de Rozes, Col dei Bos, Lagazuoi, Falzarego and Sas de
Stria.
Photographic
and historical view of the Costeana Valley seen from the Italian military
observatories of Cinque Torri, Averau and Col Gallina. By Loris Lancedelli and
Paolo Giacomel.
The
book:
"Caduti
e reduci Ampezzani durante la Prima Guerra Mondiale" by Loris
Lancedelli and Paolo Giacomel.
The
video attached to the book: "Il
fronte bellico dall'osservatorio Italiano delle Cinque Torri" By Loris
Lancedelli and Paolo Giacomel.
Video
series: "The First World War 1914 -
1918 in Cortina d'Ampezzo"
1.
"Cenni storici di vita Ampezzana e inizio della guerra"
2.
Anno 1914 "Guerra in Galizia"
3.
Anno 1915 "L'anno di lacrime e sangue"
4.
Anno 1916 "Si consolidano i fronti e inizia la guerra di mine"
5.
Anno 1917 "L'inverno con nove metri di neve e guerra di mine"
6.
Anno 1918 "Fine della guerra e conseguenze sul terriorio"
7.
Anno 1919 "Il dopo guerra e i recuperanti"
The
Book:
"Recuperi
e recuperanti nel territorio di Cortina d'Ampezzo" from 1919 to 2000. By
Loris Lancedelli and Paolo Giacomel.
Historical
and photographic story of the retrieval in the Ampezzo front areas from 1919
till now.
Volume
6, "Dio fulmini i tiranni",
war and exile diary by Luigi Michielli, from May 1915 to October 1917.
Story
of a “Standschütze” from Ampezzo enrolled when he was 58 years old. After
becoming ill during the first weeks of war, he was forced to live in the
Pusteria valley because Cortina d'Ampezzo was occupied by the Italian army. He
narrates the war according to his point of view, with daily war facts, the
"Strafexpedition", the Russian revolution, the defeat of Caporetto and
a deep longing to see his family and his native land.
The
books can be ordered at the following address:
Documentation
Centre "Hayden - Cortina d'Ampezzo"
P.O.
BOX 185 - 32043 Cortina d'Ampezzo (BL) - ITALY
Phone:
0436.86.11.12 or 0436.86.75.06
E-mail: lorislanc@sunrise.it