Krieg

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A young German fighter joins the ranks of battle and relates his experiences of World War I in this frank and shockingly honest account of the atrocities, moral misgivings, and compelled camaraderie that defined one soldier s experience during war. Translated from the original 1929 version written in German by Ludwig Renn, this captivating glimpse into the grisly reality of the trenches and the brutalities faced by the soldiers who fought and died in them will place an indelible mark on the reader s understanding of history, war, and the precariousness of the human experience.