Long after the end of World War I, its aftermath shaped much of the political discourse in Germany. This newspaper from 1939 looks back at the beginning of the war in a multi-page spread of photos showing German soldiers marching off to what they thought would be a short war. The enthusiasm of the beginning of World War I was viewed with nostalgia in the late 1930s as a period of national unity. A few short months after this article was printed, Germany entered World War II with similar enthusiasm and confidence that would soon be reversed through the reality of that conflict.
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
