Ali’s Reviews > The German War: A Nation Under Arms > Status Update

"By this point [Willy] Reese [fighting in the east] had long outgrown Jünger’s illiberal values and narrow range of empathy. He was horrified and guilt-ridden by the war they were fighting. In 1942, he tossed off ‘Carneval’:"
Murdered the Jews
Marched into Russia
As a roaring horde
Muzzled the people
Sabred in blood
Led by a clown
We are his envoys
Of the one everyone knows
And are wading in blood.