Rumänisches Tagebuch

A series of dated wartime diary entries sketches the daily life of an officer on the Western Front in 1916, blending battlefield movements, administrative duties, encounters with civilians, and moments of private reflection. It records marches, quartering, shortages and inspections, censorship, fears and small acts of kindness, sensory impressions of landscape and weather, and the emotional weight of separations and relics from home. Observations alternate between logistical details and humane vignettes—children's drawings, wounded prisoners, and domestic exchanges—revealing how routine, memory, and the constant presence of violence shape perception.