{"id":100517,"date":"2026-06-12T02:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T06:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=100517"},"modified":"2026-01-23T23:13:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T04:13:42","slug":"how-one-german-soldier-survived-ww1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/06\/12\/how-one-german-soldier-survived-ww1\/","title":{"rendered":"How one German soldier survived WW1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Dt8FOYyDjE?si=6QUnpvk8_BSGMNs4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Great War<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 12 Dec 2025<\/p>\n<p>Order Alexander&#8217;s Diary in <em>The Other Trench<\/em> in English and <em>Der andere Graben<\/em> in German: https:\/\/www.theothertrench.com<\/p>\n<p>More than 13 million men served in the German army during the First World War. Most wrote letters home, some kept diaries, and some wrote memoirs if they survived. But over a century later, it&#8217;s rare to have a window into the everyday thoughts and feelings of one man, a time capsule of the experience of one of those 13 million.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT THE CHANNEL<br \/>\nPatreon:   \/ realtimehistory<br \/>\nSupport us and get 40% off Nebula: https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/the-great-war<br \/>\nWatch Mad Kings on Nebula: https:\/\/nebula.tv\/madkings<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nGeorge Durrett, Luis Gonzalez, Mike Cumings, Jr., Charles Shananaquet II, Joel Sanchez, shane cawthon, Andrew Thomas Mooney, Chris Rohde, Bruce D, Jim Frame, Glenn Sugden, Lisa Anderson, George Haramundanis, G S, Kempf Mario, jhgBo8jigr hzufjkl, Gayle Elizabeth, Glenn G Webb, Stephen D Nugent PsyD, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Simen R\u00f8ste, Amy Williams, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, Josh Bruder, Konstantin Bredyuk, Richard L Benkin, Matt, Rob Carle, Murray Godfrey, Jan, Gage Manthey, Theodore Patrick Shannon, Bruce G. Hearns, Stephanie Schindhelm, Paul Wilcox, Brad Durbin, Fogeltje,<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nPfeifer, Alexander, and Philipp Cross. <em>The Other Trench. The WW1 Diary and Photos of a German Officer<\/em>. True Perspective, 2024.<br \/>\nLeonhard, J\u00f6rn. <em>Die B\u00fcchse der Pandora. Geschichte des Ersten Weltkrieges<\/em>. CH Beck, 2014.<br \/>\nStevenson, David. <em>1914-1918<\/em>. Penguin, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller<br \/>\nVoice Actor for Alexander Pfeiffer: Martin Kuupa https:\/\/www.martinkuupa.de\/<br \/>\nEditing: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMotion Design: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"http:\/\/above-zero.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nResearch by: Jesse Alexander, Beatrice Braun-Arnold<br \/>\nFact checking: Florian Wittig<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Florian Wittig<br \/>\nChannel Design: Yves Thimian<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters<br \/>\nMaps: MapTiler\/OpenStreetMap Contributors &#038; GEOlayers3<\/p>\n<p>All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. We do not use generative AI to create new assets. However, we may use AI tools to upscale or clean up certain assets without distorting or compromising the original image.<\/p>\n<p>All rights reserved &#8211; Real Time History GmbH 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great War Published 12 Dec 2025 Order Alexander&#8217;s Diary in The Other Trench in English and Der andere Graben in German: https:\/\/www.theothertrench.com More than 13 million men served in the German army during the First World War. Most wrote letters home, some kept diaries, and some wrote memoirs if they survived. 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