On Christmas Eve 1914 during the horrors of WWI trench warfare, German, French and English armies established what became known as the Christmas truce.
Category: WORLD REGION
The “Peace Ship”
Lead by a group of European feminists, the Peace Ship was a traveling conference created in hopes of finding common ground for a peace agreement during WWI.
Vera Brittain
Vera Brittain was a pacifist writer who emerged during WWI. Her ‘Testament of Youth’ is a monument to the sacrifices of the Lost Generation and a masterful first-hand account of the futility of war.
Friedrich Siegmund-Schultze
Friedrich Siegmund-Schultze was a German pastor and advocate for peace during both World Wars. During WWII he was exiled from Germany by the Nazis for helping Jewish refugees.
WWI: Underground Works of Art
Dr. Jeff Gusky’s discovery of carvings in the stone of underground bunkers where men lived for long periods of time during WWI are a poignant expression of the horrors, hopes, and humanity of the war.