War diary from the left papers of Viktor Kenn

Pre-war

1914
Outbreak of the war

1915

1916

1917

1918
End of the war

Post-war

Viktor Kenn

1890–1983 Officer and civil servant in the Ministry of Defence

Excerpt from the diary entry by Viktor Kenn of 16 July 1916, the day he was taken prisoner by the Russian Army in Galicia

Kriegstagebuch von Viktor Kenn, Widmung

Unfrei!
Umfaßt den Zeitraum von meiner Gefangennahme am 16. Juli 1916 bis zu meiner Heimkehr nach Wien am 10. Juli 1920.

Nicht erfassen kannst Du Leser
Die unermeßliche Pein dieser Tage,
Denn Worte sind zu schwach
Diese Schande der Menschheit zu schildern
Viktor Kenn

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