Category: World War I

Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon was a leading British WWI poet who used stark realism to describe the horror and misery of the war. He also greatly influenced the writings of Wilfred Owen.

Ernst Barlach

Ernst Barlach was a German artist and staunch pacifist during World War I. Barlach’s masterpiece Magdeburger Ehrenmal depicts the horrors of war.

Edith Cavell

Edith Cavell was an English nurse who helped smuggle soldiers—regardless of nationality—to neutral Holland during World War I. She was eventually executed by the Germans for violating German military law.

Pope Francis I remembers WWI

Pope Francis I’s homily ‘What Does It Matter to Me?’ preached at the Italian WWI memorial on September 13, 2014, to remember the centennial of WWI.

Eric Bogle’s “Green Fields of France”

Eric Bogle’s moving song, “Green Fields of France” captures the emotional struggle over the toll of war as the songwriter walks through a military cemetery.