نيتشه، ديكس، وهول الحرب الكبرى

لم يكن الجبهة، بل الرحلة إلى الجبهة الأسوأ: 'كان هناك فضاء في pantalones، أخبركم'. سنتان في الحرب، رأى أوتو ديكس كل شيء. في 1914 سجل حماسيًا إلى artillery de campaña.当时，人们以为 النصر سيكون سريعًا، لكن هذه الأمل خاب. خندق كبير من الخنادقScores the western front. Neither side could force a decisive breakthrough. Now, on the slopes above the river Somme, the British and French armies were making a concerted effort to smash a hole through the labyrinth of German trenches.

All summer the battle had been raging. Dix, approaching the Somme, had been deafened by artillery fire of a volume he had never imagined possible and seen the western horizon lit as though by lightning. Everywhere was ruin: mud and blasted trees and rubble.

In his dreams Dix was always crawling through shattered houses and doorways that barely permitted him to pass. Once he had arrived at his post, though, his fear left him. Stationed with a heavy machine-gun battery, he felt mingled excitement and calm.

He even found time to paint.

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