3 Photos from 'Krieg dem Kriege'
Ernst Friedrich was a dedicated anti-miltarist. He was jailed for refusing military service in Germany during the Great War and joined a number of revolutionary groups and movements. He opened an 'Anti-War Museum' which featured all manners of photographs and documents illustrating the horrors of war. In 1924 he published a two volume book 'Kriege dem Krieg' (War Against War) which used part of his large collection of photographs of dead, mutilated, wounded, executed and ill soldiers. Also included were a number of photographs taken in (military) brothels. This was meant to portray the debasement of soldiers who allowed themselves the 'pleasures' available in such establishments.
