Troubles exhibition to launch at Imperial War Museum

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The London exhibition contains stories from paramilitaries, soldiers, police officers and civilians.

, which included objects from members of the security forces, former prisoners and paramilitaries, as well as civilians.It now runs five sites including the World War Two cruiserThe Northern Ireland: Living with the Troubles exhibition is to be held at the London museum, which also has exhibitions about World War One, World War Two and the Holocaust.

"While there are key events and defining moments that make up the history of the Troubles, there is often no single story that everyone involved can agree on," a museum spokesperson said. "These first-hand testimonies - recorded in 2022 for IWM's oral history collection - highlight what it was like to live through the Troubles."

"They cover the familiar - rubber bullets, propaganda posters and a Good Friday Agreement booklet - as well as rarer items, for instance, a screen-printed handkerchief made by prisoners of war in the Long Kesh internment camp."Part of the exhibition will look at the experiences of those affected by the conflict

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