Explore
War-Diary of a Jew
Julius Marx and Moti Ben-Ari (translator)
2025
Julius Marx served as a front-line soldier in the German army in World War I on many fronts, including Verdun, the Somme, Italy and Poland.
This is a diary rather than a book. As such it expresses the daily sufferings of soldiers from cold, hunger, fear, stench, lack of sleep, as well as depression, homesickness, and both bravery and cowardice. Unusually, he describes interactions with the civilian population that they encounter.
Like most German Jews, Marx is highly patriotic and therefore he is incensed at the anti-Semitism he encounters, in particularly, with regard to promotion, although he is eventually promoted to Lieutenant. Marx participates in religious services whenever the opportunity arises, such as among the (impoverished) Jewish population in Poland.
I highly recommend this book for the powerful feelings of sadness that it invokes about a war that no one really wanted.
Why read this book? Have your say.
You must be logged in to comment.
Rights Information
This work has been claimed by Mordechai Ben-Ari.
Downloads
- 0 - pdf (CC0) at Unglue.it.
Keywords
- History
- History / Military
- History / Military / World War I
Editions