In keeping with the recent upsurge of interest in the Great War, I have decided to post the following video, which memorializes the German soldiers who fell under the Kaiser’s banner. It consists of the song, “Ich hatt’ einen Kameraden,” which dates from the Napoleonic Wars and which is still played at the memorials for German soldiers. For those who are unable to read German, the text explains the patriotic enthusiasm which filled Germany in the summer of 1914 and how every volunteer expected to be home before Christmas. The story of their idealism and disillusionment is illustrated by period photographs and footage from the film, “All Quiet on the Western Front.” May the sacrifice off all who fell in the Great War never be forgotten!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVmZjRmyPso&list=PL06BE2495AE73FFE0&index=1
I can only think of these disturbing lines from a
poem by the British soldier, Wilfrid Owens: “Run home and hope you’ll never know / The hell where youth and beauty go!” He was killed on the Western Front.
I pray that our poor world may know peace .