The Centre for Public History, as part of the public project presentation, organized a travelling exhibition during 2018 and 2019. Exhibition visited 5 cities in Serbia (Sabac, Novi Sad, Bor, Uzice and Belgrade) and was presenting archival documents, photographs, newspaper articles and accompanying texts about the epidemic of typhus in Serbia in 1915, the foreign medical missions, and in particular about the American mission of Dr. Strong, who was able to prevent the further spread of the epidemic. The exhibition was conceived through four historical units: Serbia in 1915; The beginning of an epidemic; Foreign medical missions; American mission.

 

 

During 2018 and 2019, the exhibition featured in the following cities:

 

Cultural Center Šabac, 15 - 24. November 2018

Natioanl Library Bor, November 28 - December 9 2018

Archive of Vojovidna, Novi Sad, 13 - 24. December 2018

Gymnasium in Užice, 14 - 25. January 2019

Historical Museum of Serbia, Belgrade, 11 - 28. February 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author of the exhibition: Milovan Pisarri

Design: škart

Exhibition Coordinator: Ružica Dević

 

 

See the exhibition:

 

Introduction and Panel I

Serbia in 1915.

 

Panel II

Typhus Epidemic in Serbia

 

Panel III

Foreign Medical Missions in Serbia

 

Panel IV

American Mission

 

Panel V

After epidemic