Monday, December 24, 2012

WWI: Christmas Peace

British and German troops in No Man's Land "Peace"

December 24, 1914...temporary humanity, empathy, and peace found a place on WWI battlefields as British and German soldiers initiated an unofficial ceasefire...singing songs, exchanging gifts, helping each other bury the dead, playing soccer, eating meals...
Christmas Truce 1914


Watch the you tube clip (00:30-5:20) for interviews and stories of this amazing story:
 
German and British substitute soccer for bullets!

"We must never forget that there is something within human nature that can respond to goodness..."

                                                     -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
 

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