... have certain preconceptions about what Bloch's attitudes toward the war might be. Certainly the war's impact on Bloch must have been profound. Yet, the questions we ask must ask ourselves when reading Bloch's memoirs is: How aware is he of the horror that is taking place around him? How aware is he capable of being? ... only protection .what to say what to do "Since the colonel wants it, we must get up and go forward. But it's all over, there's no use hoping. I will be killed."" 92 "Content to be aalive "The men did not cry out, as they ahd done the day before on the battlefield. They ba...

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