Book #5. On a background of war. Book #5. On a background of war. Layout with photographs #0461, #0460

Even while at war, routine puts events in order. Mass displacements of people, destruction and death take place side-by-side with habitual activities, such as meals, washing, and life in a dug-out, trench or village house. Only at a distance where war becomes the background do the features of daily life become visible. This topic lets us reflect on the question of the ability to maintain an alertness to signs of alarm and to ask ourselves "whether we are capable to distinguish against the background of the present time signs of alarm. Are we able to overcome the burden of the habitual course of life other than through the shake-up of war?”