24 December 1914:
The British and German soldiers were hunched in their trenches by the farm where a shell had killed feeding horses and many men had died. Today, however, Christmas trees arrived to the German side, and were put on the trenches. Later that evening, one of the German soldiers sang Stille Nacht: “Tönt es laut von fern und nah/Christ der Retter is da!”
Soon the soldiers from both sides came onto No Man’s Land and exchanged gifts. A priest proclaimed, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, goodwill towards men.”
This is a post for Friday Fictioneers, by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, who also provided the photo.
This story is dedicated to the soldiers who participated in the 1914 Christmas Truce. The German literally means, “Sound it loud from far and near/Christ the Savior is there.” As the song says, “It Could Happen Again”: https://youtu.be/fCQpNPGq_mU
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This was indeed a memorable event in that cruel war. If you change the Bob to von in the song text, you’ll have it right.
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Uh, methinks autocorrect was auto-sneakily-make-your-story-wrong! Thank you for picking it up!
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Although it happened, it is so hard to imaging. Well penned
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Thank you.
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Dear Kevin,
Wonderful tribute and remembrance. Would that it would happen again…everywhere on a permanent basis. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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This was an extraordinary event. They also played a football match in no-man’s land
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I heard about that.
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