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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Bertolt Brecht: German Miserere
Bertolt Brecht: To hear the big fellows talk, they wage war from fear of God and for all things bright and beautiful
Bertolt Brecht: Wherein a holy war differs from other wars
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Bertolt Brecht
From German War Primer (1937)
Translated by Ed Ochester
When the politicians talk about peace
the common people know
it means war.
When the politicians curse war
the mobilization papers are already written out.
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Those on top say:
This thing leads to glory.
Those down below say:
It goes to the grave.
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