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Prilep, Serbian Military Barracks and German Military Hospital

Касарна "Мирче Ацев" - Прилеп

Description

The attached French photograph from the First World War has a French inscription, which reads: "Ancien hopitâl [sic!] Boche établi dans les casernes serbes. (Lazareth 210) Prilep." It informs us that the German Army had established a military hospital in the former military barracks of the Serbian Army in Prilep during the First World War. "Boche" was a pejorative term used by the Allies for the Germans (based on "tête de boche", which had the meaning of "tête carrée d'Allemand", German blockhead or imbécile). Today the military barracks still exist, are used by the army of North Macedonia and are called military barracks "Mirče Acev", named after the Communist partisan Mirče Acev (1915-1943). There is no trace of the Ottoman funerary monument, which is shown on the French photograph.

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A French Photograph from the First World War showing the Military Barracks of the Serbian Army and Later Military Hospital of the German Army in Prilep
A French Photograph from the First World War showing the Military Barracks of the Serbian Army and Later Military Hospital of the German Army in Prilep