Diary of a Prisoner in World War I

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An authentic diary of Josef Šrámek, a Czech soldier drafted to the Hungaro-Austrian army to fight from the beginning of World War 1. He was captured by Serbs. He survived and describes a series of death marches through Serbia and Albania. He was then confined in a concentration camp at the italian island of Asinara which comprises an important part of his story. Later he was transfered to a more humanly captivity in France where his diary ends.