In the First World War 1914-1918

In August 1914, 18-year-old Fritz Rümmelein volunteered for military service. For four years, he fought on the Western Front, at the Aisne, near Verdun, or at Cambrai, where the first tank battle in world history raged. A few days before the end of the war, the lieutenant and battalion adjutant, who had just been awarded the Pour le Mérite, was killed in action. He left behind more than 1000 photographs, diary entries, and countless field post letters. These are a significant testimony to contemporary history, uniquely documenting in written and photographic form the life and death of a German infantry lieutenant. The brutal reality of World War I, as suffered by the men on the battlefields, is thus brought to life again – not least thanks to the historically sound processing of the material – more than a century later.


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