24 December 1917. Wilhelm II

Non-fiction

Project 1917 is a series of events that took place a hundred years ago as described by those involved. It is composed only of diaries, letters, memoirs, newspapers and other documents

Wilhelm II

wishes the German soldiers a merry Christmas

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