Between dream and reality: The rehabilitation of war-disabled Belgian soldiers, 1914 – 1921 ; Entre el sueño y la realidad: la rehabilitación de los soldados belgas inválidos de guerra, 1914-1921

In this article we aim to contribute to the growing interest in disability history, the history of education for people having a disability, and the existing historiography of the Great War. We will focus on the rehabilitation of Belgian blind and physically disabled soldiers. The article will take the ceremony for the Unknown Soldier, which was organized in the early twenties, as a starting point. Although everyone is familiar with the Congress Column of Brussels and the eternal flame burning at the tomb of the unknown soldier, few people know that it was a war blinded man who played an impor... Mehr ...