Rabbit Hole

zak

The Living Force
A short animation (4:38 mn) in memory of the "poilus" and the insanity of the war
and also we are condamned to repeat again and again what we didn't, don't, won't learn now.


Like many poilus, Lazare Ponticelli does not talk about what he experienced during the First World War. It is only in his later years that he accepts to testify in schools and with journalists. He denounced the absurdity of this war: "This war, we did not know why it was done. We fought against people like us ... "," We did not want to make war, we were forced to do it without knowing why ", indeed, any disobedience led to the best" from Verdun to Cayenne ", At worst was the firing squad. "We were fighting, we did not know each other. We kill, we do not know each other. Why ? "
In May 1915, he was near Verdun when he was demobilized. Indeed, with the entry of Italy into war, he had to join the Italian army. Refusing to leave the French uniform, it was accompanied by two gendarmes that he was brought to Turin. He is enrolled in the 3rd regiment of Alpine hunters, the Alpini, and fights the Austrians in the Dolomites.
He then knew the fraternizations between Austrian and Italian troops (many Alpini of the Dolomites speak German). His company was sanctioned by the General Staff, translated into a council of war and sent to a more rugged combat zone in Monte Cucco

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazare_Ponticelli (French, in this case more complete)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazare_Ponticelli (English)

There is no more excuses then we know, i dont talk about to move the whole world, just our own world
so close that often we are blind of it.
 
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