The German pacifist Ernst Friedrich wished to enlighten people with this book by demonstrating the horrors of the First World War.
It denounces the euphemistic language of war propaganda by pairing these words with violent photographs from the battlefield.
[2] A picture entitled "The field of honour" shows the naked corpse of a soldier dead from typhoid, interred in a hole in the ground.
Friedrich quotes Marshal Paul Von Hindenburg: "War treats me like a spa bath!"
Another quotes the words of Count von Moltke: "The most noble virtues of people are exposed in war!"