Land meant life, a place of origin, the subject of work. In the war Masses have re-learned their connection with the land.
Enormous majority of the soldiers at war was originally from the farmer world. For them and for the culture of their home, “land” had a defining meaning. Land meant life, a place of origin, the subject of work. Masses have re-learned their connection with the land: what it meant to sit in a trench for a long time, fulfil human needs in a half-mole state, live with mud and worms, what a torn up, wounded land meant, what it was like to identify a tiny piece of land with the concept of “home.” Of course it also became obvious that the war of the industrialized civilization was also the war of the industrial materials – battles were not only battles of people but of industrially produced materials. The traditional concept of the land was given many new meanings and the nature of the industrialized world was always a part of these meanings.
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“If you knew what this facade means to me! To appear calm under a hail of bullets and to go bragging about under grenade fire!”
Gyula Somogyváry
“The entire frontline was named Doberdo by the Hungarian army as this name, sounding similar to the beating of a drum, invoked the constant artillery bombardment and the infernal bloodbath in the soldiers’ imagination.”
Maté Zalka
“Machine rules the world today.”
Charles de Gaulle
"Hell cannot be worse than this. The attack from the infantry and the machine gun fire were so heavy that the air got hot, so much so that it almost boiled. Cries of despair, groans of anguish and calls for help of no avail could be heard everywhere around me."
A letter by 17-year-old military volunteer A. Wilmer
sent to his mother, 28th October 1914
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The group of statues at the entrance commemorate the Hungarian hunters of the army. The Brother–in–Arms can be seen at the exit.
At the end of 19th century it seemed that the upcoming is going to be the most promising century in the history of mankind.
The way the big explosion took place, it included everything what used to be regarded as achievements before.
Women up until then were less credited partakers of history. In the 20th century they had become more and more equal players.
War has become the organizing principle for society and this principle was above all others. Everything changed.
In a war it is very important what feelings fighters feel in their soul. The hatred has become part of the emotional culture.
The most painful part of every war, people died. Behind the statistics , the numbers there are millions of individual destiny.
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