An Austro-Hungarian Young Troop New Blood Generation Machine, turning babies into soldiers. A postcard by Rud. Kristen for the benefit of Deutschmeister- Witwen- und Waisen-Stiftung (Aktion im Felde) — the German Master Widows and Orphans Foundation (Action in the Field).
K.u.K Truppen-Nachwuchs-Erzeugungs-MaschineK.u.K Troops New Blood Generation MachineK.u.K.: Kaiserlich und Königlich: Imperial and RoyalSigned Rud. Kristen.Reverse:Deutschmeister- Witwen- und Waisen-Stiftung (Aktion im Felde)Deutschmeister- Widows and Orphans Foundation (Action in the Field)Druck: C. Pietsche, Wein V.Printer: C. Pietsche, Vienna V.Nr. 37.
"— If one were allowed to express one's views, I should write an article entitled 'The Vintage,' portraying the younger generation flung into the winepress, crushed, with the incessant gurgle of streaming blood—pale, frightened mothers looking on—while the levers of this winepress would be forced down by the unwearied arms of the ambitious politicians, the Chauvinists, the profiteers, while the idiot mob cheered them on. . . ."
Entry for September 23 or 24, 1917 from the diary of Michel Corday, French senior civil servant. Corday supported peace efforts to end the war, and railed those he lists above, and others who demanded a fight to victory at any cost.
The Paris Front: an Unpublished Diary: 1914-1918 by Michel Corday, page 276, copyright © 1934, by E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., publisher: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., publication date: 1934
1917-09-23, 1917, September, Rud. Kristen, Kristen, meat grinder, new blood generation machine
