Written by Marcel Garrigues Translated by Alexandra Quental Saturday July 31, 1915 My dear wife, I would’ve liked to write to you yesterday, but I was so tired and my head was a mess, that I did not have the strength to take care of it. I’m going to tell you some details of the…Continue Reading Lettre à sa femme
Written by Charles-René Menard Translated by Evelyn Atwood Charles-René Menard was an architect from Nantes. He was 42 years old when the armistice happened. Of poor health and a father of three daughters, he had been mobilized in 1914 in the auxiliary service, but had not yet been sent to the front. When he…Continue Reading Lettre de Charles-René Menard
Written by Léon Hugon Translated by Jamie Fesinstine Wounded by shrapnel during the first battle of the Marne on September 9, 1914, Léon Hugon was sent to the hospital at Tulle, where he died of tetanus on September 22, 1914, the day of his wife’s 25th birthday, Sylvanie, who was left alone with a small…Continue Reading Lettre du soldat Léon Hugon
Two short pieces from A Woman’s Voice in the Fray Written by Marcelle Capy Translated by Clay Somes A Country of Death Why these macabre scenes that depict with satisfaction certain writers who have had the privilege of roaming, curious, the battlefield, after the action? Why pester the dead until they rest? Why this joy before their…Continue Reading A Country of Death & The Death of a Precursor: Léon Bonneff
From In Slavery: The Journal of Two Deportees Published by Henriette Celarié Translated by Brandy Shrawder with help from Dr. Lynn Palermo “Hickel put his plan into effect. Nearly every day, under the pretext of making his rounds, he comes to the Hamlet of V, and, frequently, he comes to ‘Chalet lillois.’ “As soon as I…Continue Reading Hickel’s Visits