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1 July 2014updated 24 Jun 2021 12:59pm

First World War: the losers’ viewpoint

Robin Lustig’s grandfather, a non-practising Jew, fought for Germany during WWI. By 1943 he had no reason to feel sympathy for the country but his cool appraisal of what had led to the earlier conflict is remarkable.

By Robin Lustig

Jewish and German: Frontkämpfer Lustig

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