Soldiers and peasants lived together on friendly terms; they knew each other and their everyday routines, and trusted each other; they shook their heads together over the war. Ernst Toller everydayfriendlyhead Change image and share on social
As a boy I used to go to the Chamber of Horrors at the annual fair, to look at the wax figures of Emperors and Kings, of heroes and murderers of the day. The dead now had that same unreality, which shocks without arousing pity. Ernst Toller annualarouseboy share on social
And the spirit of revolution will not die while the hearts of these workers continue to beat. Ernst Toller beatcontinuedie Change image and share on social
And suddenly, like light in darkness, the real truth broke in upon me; the simple fact of Man, which I had forgotten, which had lain deep buried and out of sight; the idea of community, of unity. Ernst Toller breakburycommunity Change image and share on social
Later we learned that it was one of our own men hanging on the wire. Nobody could do anything for him; two men had already tried to save him, only to be shot themselves. Ernst Toller hanglearnman Change image and share on social
The revolution is like a vessel filled with the pulsating heartbeat of millions of working people. Ernst Toller fillheartbeatmillion Change image and share on social
At that moment of realization I knew that I had been blind because I had wished not to see; it was only then that I realised, at last, that all these dead men, French and Germans, were brothers, and I was the brother of them all. Ernst Toller blindbrotherdead share on social
We revolutionaries acknowledge the right to revolution when we see that the situation is no longer tolerable, that it has become a frozen. Then we have the right to overthrow it. Ernst Toller acknowledgefreezelong Change image and share on social
How happy I am to go to the front at last. To do my bit. To prove with my life what I think I feel. Ernst Toller bitefeelfront Change image and share on social
