The First World War

The First World War is a little-discussed event nowadays, given the widely documented horrors of the Second World War along with its staggering death toll. However, one thing is certain: there would be no second war without the first. Delving further, the modern world is an immediate result of what occurred in those years.

About the Book

The book Nothing New on the Western Front is an account from someone who experienced the war from the German side. It is a raw depiction of the horrors of a war where combatants often died without knowing what they were fighting for.
It tells the story of a young man who is seduced by the speeches of teachers and parents, many of whom are well-educated, speaking of honor and patriotic feelings, urging him and his friends to enlist for the fight in the War. However, upon arriving at the front lines, he is forced to endure a miserable situation, with scarce resources, intense bombardments, the death of comrades, and fear.
This book, by denouncing the absurdities of war, where politicians and generals deliberate on the fates of entire populations, comfortably far from the battlefields while young men die by the thousands in inhumane conditions, is a manifestation of pacifism. For this reason, it was deemed a banned reading by the Nazis and burned in public squares a few years after its publication.