first world war 1914-1918

after the peace agreement of brest-litowsk soldiers fraternized dancing in the snow.



after the war and 17 million deaths, most of the bankrupt and mutilated officers and soldiers that had survived and lost everything became beggars in the streets. this former soldier is waiting in the streets of berlin in 1923.



it was the first war that had systematically used toxic gases. these blinded british soldiers are waiting for the treatment of their eyes.