A disabled World War I veteran begging on the streets of Berlin,1923
A disabled World War I veteran begging on the streets of Berlin,1923 veterans who returned from the battlefields of World War I, disability came into view in the public sphere in Germany in a different way and to a greater extent than ever before. It saddens me greatly to see wounded soldiers, fellow disabled veterans of another country, regardless of the timeline, reduced to becoming beggars. Their pride and dignity constantly assaulted by the passing public. I think, though, that this is more common even in today's world than we would like to believe. If a country sends their sons and daughters to fight in any war, it has the morale obligation to support them when they return from war and look after them for life. Some countries do it well, others need to pick up their game. Fifty years earlier, during the Franco-Prussian War, 80 to 90 percent of seriously wounded soldiers had died of infections and other complications. By World War I, however, medical advances enabled many more ...