The Kingdom of Serbia fought in three consecutive conflicts between 1912 and 1918. These events merged into a devastating experience of an all-out war, completely reshaping all aspects of contemporary life. As the first centenary of these events has recently shown, the memories of wartime still play a very prominent role in the Serbian national narrative. By 1915 around 20% of Serbian combatants belonged to some of the country’s minorities. Second class citizens on the social margins of society, the Serbian Roma constitute those whose wartime history is the least known to research and the public. However, the wartime diaries kept by Serbian soldiers are full of causal references to their Roma fellow combatants. This article provides an overview of the duties Roma soldiers played in the war, based on the perspective of Serbs who were fighting alongside them. The article tackles the general image and the position of the Roma population in the Kingdom of Serbia. In addition, the horrific challenges the war created for Serbian society are tackled from the perspective of those who were, already in peace time, in the most disadvantageous situation socially and economically. Overall, despite the unifying experience which the wartime suffering imposed on all citizens of the Kingdom, the old prejudices towards the Roma survived after 1918.

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从下面看灾难与胜利：塞尔维亚罗姆士兵，1912年至1918年

塞尔维亚王国在1912年至1918年之间连续三场战斗。这些事件合并为一场全面战争的毁灭性经历，彻底改变了当代生活的方方面面。正如最近这些事件的第一个百年所表明的那样，战时记忆在塞尔维亚民族叙事中仍然扮演着非常重要的角色。到1915年，约有20％的塞尔维亚战斗人员属于该国一些少数民族。处于社会边缘的二等公民，塞尔维亚罗姆人是战时历史上最鲜为人知的研究对象。但是，塞尔维亚士兵保存的战时日记充斥着因他们的罗姆同胞而引起的争执。本文概述了罗姆士兵在战争中的职责，基于与他们并肩作战的塞尔维亚人的观点。本文探讨了塞尔维亚王国中罗姆人的总体形象和地位。此外，从已经在和平时期处于社会和经济最不利局面的人们的角度出发，解决了战争为塞尔维亚社会造成的可怕挑战。总体而言，尽管战时苦难使王国所有公民遭受了统一的经历，但对罗姆人的古老偏见仍然存在，直到1918年。在社会和经济上处于最不利的状况。总体而言，尽管战时苦难使王国所有公民遭受了统一的经历，但对罗姆人的古老偏见仍然存在，直到1918年。在社会和经济上处于最不利的状况。总体而言，尽管战时苦难使王国所有公民遭受了统一的经历，但对罗姆人的古老偏见仍然存在，直到1918年。