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The Great War Interviews

Stefan Westmann

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The Great War Interviews: Stefan Westmann

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Stefan Westmann, a German Infantry Division Corporal, describes the act of killing.

Stefan Westmann, a Corporal with the German 29th Infantry Division, recollects the moment he killed a French Corporal. He also describes an act of kindness by British soldiers.

Stefan Westmann was a Corporal with the German 29th Infantry Division while fighting for ground on the Western Front. His description of killing a French Corporal is honest and harrowing, as Stefan wonders how war turns civilised men into killers.

While on an offensive near La Bassée, he witnessed something quite the opposite - British soldiers risking their lives to raise a Red Cross flag and bring the German side their dead.

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A selection of original interview recordings filmed for The Great War in their entirety.

Filmed in the early 1960s, a selection of interviews from the BBC's series, The Great War, featuring eyewitness accounts of the conflict.

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