"I see death. Death that should not happen."

[Kid Berwyn]

23. A Figure from Stalingrad

Thank you for sharing Wilfred Owen’s poem. Death brought by gas was so horrible, it was “outlawed” by international treaty. It is said Hitler wore a small mustache in order to fit in his gas mask.

The poet Horace was both wrong and right. There is nothing wonderful or sweet in killing or being killed in war. Were it not for the sacrifices made by our forefathers, however, we would not live in freedom under the Constitution.

Here’s a work created by Lieutenant Kurt Reuber, a German staff physician and Protestant pastor, in December 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad:



1942 LIGHT LIFE LOVE Fortress Stalingrad CHRISTMAS in the CAULDRON.

The Doctor died as a POW in 1944. The work was preserved and now can be seen on exhibit in the preserved ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Church (“The Broken Tooth”) in Berlin. It is absolutely breathtaking, heartbreaking and unforgettable.

https://www.visitberlin.de/en/blog/madonna-stalingrad-icon-hope