German Military Medical Retreat, Coastal Poland, 1915

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This image, from the 22 Juli 1915 issue of the Illustrirte Zeitung (Leipzig) shows a collection of German soldiers that were treated at a medical aidstation.  The woman in white is the German crown princess, accompanied by her four navy-uniform-clad sons, are adrift in a sea of wounded and recovering soldiers who I guess were given leave from the war, celebrating their survival at the old spa and vacation spot Ostseebad, in Zoppot (Sopot, Poland).  (The issue may be purchased at our blog bookstore.)

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Comments

[Dominik Hermann]

Dear John,

please be assured by a born Hun that "verwundet" means "wounded", whereas "amazed" would be "verwundert". Don't worry, some perfect participles can even confuse the Germans.

Dominik

[Ptak]

Thanks for the help, Dominik! I corrected the mistake. John