Nebel wrote the first two versions of "Zuginsfeld" in 1918 during his fourteen-month stay as a prisoner-of-war at the English prison camp Colsterdale (Yorkshire) during World War I.
The main theme of "Zuginsfeld" is the horror of war and the subsequent arousal of intellectual and artistic appeal.
"Zuginsfeld" begins by quoting a patriotic phrase: "Military strength in the Spirit".
According to the interpretation of René Radrizzani, in the next lines the man is manipulated as a subject and uniformed.
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