German Students' War Letters

Philipp Witkop

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2002

German Students' War Letters

Philipp Witkop
With contributions by: Jay Winter
Translated by: A. F. Wedd

In the series Pine Street Books

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812208788

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"I can't describe my frame of mind that afternoon. Not for a moment did I feel any fear of death; one simply abandons oneself to fate."—Karl Aldag, killed at Fromelles, France, age 26

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Philipp Witkop (1880-1942) was a German writer and literary critic whose books include Die Neuere Deutsche Lyrik (1910) and Goethe: Leben und Werk (1931). Jay Winter, Professor of History at Yale University, is the author of many books, including Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History. He was cowriter and chief historian for the PBS series The Great War and the Shaping of the Twentieth Century, which won an Emmy award in 1997.

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"There is a poignant appeal about the letters owing to the fact that every one of the writers was killed in battle. Some of their descriptions are fine pieces of writing; they all bear the marks of actuality."—Times Literary Supplement

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 408
Keywords: History; Literature; Military Science; European History; World History

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Published: March 16, 2013
ISBN: 9780812208788