The testimonies of an Austro-Hungarian soldier: “In these moments a man forgets about his parents, about death, and he becomes much like a wild animal”

The testimonies of an Austro-Hungarian soldier: “In these moments a man forgets about his parents, about death, and he becomes much like a wild animal”

Nikolaus Páll was a soldier in the army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the First World War. In a small notebook he wrote about his wartime experiences: as he was sent to the Italian Alps, the conditions he witnessed at the front, his comrades, about desperation...