{"id":567,"date":"2014-10-31T10:53:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T10:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/?p=567"},"modified":"2014-10-31T11:02:31","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T11:02:31","slug":"il-y-dans-les-yeux-de-cette-bete-une-douleur-humaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/2014\/10\/31\/il-y-dans-les-yeux-de-cette-bete-une-douleur-humaine\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Il y a  dans les yeux de cette b\u00eate une douleur humaine&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cba.fro.at\/272434\/embed?&#038;socialmedia=true&#038;subscribe=true&#038;title=false&#038;series_link=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"250\" style=\"border:none; width:100%; height:250;\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Stimmen aus den Sch\u00fctzengr\u00e4ben #18<\/strong> we deal with an often disregarded topic: <strong>animals at war<\/strong>. During WWI <strong>millions of animals<\/strong> were used for various tasks on all fronts. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/horses_in_world_war_one.htm\">Horses<\/a><\/strong> were not only used by cavalry but also by artillery regiments to pull the heavy artillery pieces. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/FWWhorses.htm\">Mules<\/a><\/strong> were also used to convey supplies, especially in the mountains. <strong>Dogs<\/strong> could have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/dogs_in_world_war_one.htm\">different tasks<\/a>: sentry, scouting, conveying messages, finding casualties, providing psychological comfort as mascottes. <strong>Pigeons<\/strong> were also widely used to convey messages, with an astonishing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/pigeons_and_world_war_one.htm\">95% rate of success<\/a>. This episode focuses on horses and mules, presenting different aspects of their life and death on the frontline. They were by far the most exploited animals: in 1917 the British Army alone had to buy <strong>15.000 horses a month<\/strong> to mantain the number they needed!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-578\" style=\"width: 1680px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/Prigionieri-italiani-sotterrano-cavalli-a-bordo-strada-8-11-1917.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-578\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/Prigionieri-italiani-sotterrano-cavalli-a-bordo-strada-8-11-1917.jpg\" alt=\"Italian prisoners burying horses. 8 November 1917 (\u00d6sterreichische Nationalbibliothek)\" width=\"1680\" height=\"1018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/Prigionieri-italiani-sotterrano-cavalli-a-bordo-strada-8-11-1917.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/Prigionieri-italiani-sotterrano-cavalli-a-bordo-strada-8-11-1917-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/Prigionieri-italiani-sotterrano-cavalli-a-bordo-strada-8-11-1917-1024x620.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Italian prisoners burying horses. 8 November 1917 (\u00d6sterreichische Nationalbibliothek)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first document of the week is a letter by <strong>Johann G\u00f6rtemaker<\/strong> (see episodes\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/2014\/07\/29\/204\/\">#5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/2014\/09\/17\/je-vous-dirai-que-malgre-mon-masque-jen-avais-trop-respire\/\">#12<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/2014\/09\/25\/ho-parlato-lungo-col-pilota-austriaco-stringendogli-la-mano\/\">#13<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/2014\/10\/01\/01\/\">#14<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/2014\/10\/08\/die-lebensmittel-immer-knapper-werden\/\">#15<\/a>) ), written in Flanders on the <strong>12 August 1917<\/strong>. The German soldier tells to his parents: \u201ein our previous positions we also had artillery barrages, but <strong>it has never been such a Hell as here<\/strong>. The Somme was surely not worse\u201c. In that barren land full of mud and holes, artillery batteries had to be moved quite often to <strong>avoid counter-battery fire<\/strong>. Sometimes guns, men and animals would get stuck in the mud. \u201esuddenly I fell with my horse, which sunk <strong>belly-deep into the mud<\/strong>. Hopefully the bavarian gunners finally managed to pull me from under the horse\u201c. In such conditions,\u00a0 animals were sometimes enduring more than men: \u201e<strong>Horses suffer the most<\/strong>, because they must remain for hours in one spot and they only get a small amount of fodder\u201c. A transcription of the G\u00f6rtemaker&#8217;s letters is available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.europeana1914-1918.eu\/de\/contributions\/462\">http:\/\/www.europeana1914-1918.eu\/de\/contributions\/462<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-580\" style=\"width: 1320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/15691671.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-580\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/15691671.jpg\" alt=\"Dogs at work, Austrian Army. (\u00d6sterreichsische Nationalbibliothek)\" width=\"1320\" height=\"940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/15691671.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/15691671-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/15691671-1024x729.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dogs at work, Austrian Army. (\u00d6sterreichsische Nationalbibliothek)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The second document is a passage from an interview with British Sgt <strong>Leonard J. Ounsworth<\/strong> (see episodes <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/2014\/06\/30\/1914-1918-kriegsberichte-aus-erster-hand\/\">#1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/2014\/07\/16\/cetait-le-fameux-richthofen-un-de-laviation-allemande\/\">#3,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/2014\/08\/14\/hatte-er-seine-dummheit-mit-dem-leben-bezahlen-muessen\/\">#7<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/2014\/08\/25\/unsere-eigene-artillerie-unseren-graben-gefunkt\/\">#8<\/a>).\u00a0 As a soldier enlisted in an artillery regiment he was always in contact with horses, and he says the<strong> training of animals<\/strong> was even more important than that of men. When a cannon had to be moved <strong>teamwork<\/strong> between men and horses was crucial, because only with a well-coordinated effort it was possible (for exemple) to pull a gun out of the mud. The full interview\u00a0 can be downloaded at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oucs.ox.ac.uk\/ww1lit\/gwa\/document\/9404?REC=1\">http:\/\/www.oucs.ox.ac.uk\/ww1lit\/gwa\/document\/9404?REC=1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/muli.highres.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-581\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/muli.highres.jpg\" alt=\"French soldiers pulling mules (gallica.fr)\" width=\"660\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/muli.highres.jpg 660w, https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/muli.highres-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">French soldiers pulling mules (gallica.fr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The third &#8220;guest&#8221; of the week is Italian Lieutenant <strong>Paolo Caccia Dominioni<\/strong> (see episode <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/2014\/10\/08\/die-lebensmittel-immer-knapper-werden\/\">#15<\/a>). We selected two interesting passages from his diary. The first is from an entry dated 20 September 1917. The officer mentions the presence of a <strong>dead mule<\/strong> exactly in the middle between two batteries, that stinks horribly because nobody wanted to bury it. The two gun crews are insulting each other while stating it is not their duty to bury the animal. During WWI, <strong>dead mules and horses were often part of the landscape<\/strong>. The second passage is taken from the entry dated 21 September 1917. Some <strong>mules got sick and died<\/strong> after being fed only rice (see episode <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/2014\/10\/08\/die-lebensmittel-immer-knapper-werden\/\">#15<\/a>), and Caccia Dominioni got into some trouble with the army. His comments are very sarcastic: when a men died, nothing happened, but for mules enquiries would be started and the whole bureaucracy would be involved. The war journal of Paolo Caccia Dominioni has been published under the title: &#8220;<strong>1915-1919. Diario di guerra<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-582\" style=\"width: 1226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/15390917.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-582 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/15390917.jpg\" alt=\"Kranke Pferde\" width=\"1226\" height=\"940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/15390917.jpg 1226w, https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/15390917-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.radiofabrik.at\/stimmen\/files\/2014\/10\/15390917-1024x785.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1226px) 100vw, 1226px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sick horse in Gorizia, 1916 (\u00d6sterreichische Nationalbibliothek)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The last &#8220;guest&#8221; of the week is French soldier <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Lintier\">Paul Lintier<\/a><\/strong>. He was enlisted in an artillery regiment and fought from 1914 until 15 March 1916, when he was <strong>killed in action<\/strong>. He wrote a book of memories (&#8220;<strong>Ma pi\u00e8ce, souvenirs d&#8217;un canonnier<\/strong>&#8220;) that was first published as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Feuilleton\">feuilleton<\/a> by the newspaper <a href=\"http:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%27Humanit%C3%A9\">L&#8217;Humanit\u00e9<\/a> in spring 1916. The first passage depicts a sick horse, so emaciated that &#8220;<strong>one wonders, how the bones of his hips aren&#8217;t piercing his skin<\/strong>&#8220;. The second one tells of a wounded horse that had to be killed by the author with a shot in the head (&#8220;<strong>there is human suffering in the eyes of this beast<\/strong>&#8220;). The full book can be read at: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/avecunebatterie00lint\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/avecunebatterie00lint<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>-Credits-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Editing: Romana St\u00fccklschweiger, Matteo Coletta.<br \/>\nCommentary: Matteo Coletta.<\/p>\n<p>Voices in this episode: Hannes Hochwasser as Johannes G\u00f6rtemaker,\u00a0 Matteo Coletta as Paolo Caccia Dominioni\u00a0 and Paul Lintier, Leonard J. Ounsworth as himself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jingle:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Music: Gregoire Lourme, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamendo.com\/de\/track\/1063185\/fire-arrows-and-shields\">Fire arrows and shields<\/a>\u201d<br \/>\nConcept: Matteo Coletta<br \/>\nVoices: Hannes Hochwasser, Matteo Coletta, Roman Reischl, L.J. Ounsworth, Norbert K. 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