She is a 42-year-old, slightly plump woman with short curly hair. In recent years, she has been living in the central neighbourhood of Kipseli in Athens, and everywhere she goes, she takes her three-year-old child with her. Her two older sons live in children’s homes of different foundations.

The First World War centenary is a good occasion to assess its significance related primarily to the effects of this greatest conflict in previous history. On the battlefields, 10 million people died, and another 20 million remained crippled.