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"Story Of A Soldier"

Autor: Torsten Radisch
Datum: 21.10.2019
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Ce n’est pas ton coeur
Que je cherche
Je voudrais emprunter
Le chemin de ton âme

The light in the barrack flickers and the old stove crackles. In the sparse light and in a fit of civilization I try to shave myself. From the Volksempfänger Marlene sings ‘Lilli Marlen’ and I hum along. There is a Feldflasche on the stove with tea and a shot of brandy and I fill my cup. Who of the comrades is not sleeping yet eats or cleans his gun. I sit down with my mug at the table to my mates. I read your last Feldpost and dream of home. We sing softly: ‘In the homeland, in the homeland, there is a reunion.’ Homeland. It is far away. Too far for a man and one night… We are deep in the country of the opponent. Everyone is now resting. I light my pipe and blew the blue smoke into the room. My thoughts are with you. ‘In the homeland’…

From afar you hear a rumble. It is the rumble of dying – the front. The weapons are cleaned, the