"Stranger, Bear Word to the Spartans We..." (1950) [Short Story]
by Heinrich Böll
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Summary
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A badly wounded soldier is brought into a schoolroom being used as a hospital. On the board he sees oddly familiar handwriting.
Original title: Wanderer, kommst du nach Spa...
Original languages:
German
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Historical→ World War II
Fiction→ General Fiction
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Children are Civilians, Too (1970) [Collection]
Author: Heinrich Böll
Stories of Heinrich Böll, the (1986) [Collection]
Author: Heinrich Böll
Notes:
- The title of the story is from an epigram attributed to the Greek poet Simonides memorializing the dead at Thermopylae. Roughly translated, it means: "Stranger, announce to the Spartans that we lie here, having obeyed their orders."
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