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Silent Night

The Remarkable 1914 Christmas Truce

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Silent Night

Written by: Stanley Weintraub
Narrated by: Edward Holland
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 In the beginning months of World War I, a very strange thing happened. After the fierce trench warfare of November and December, on Christmas Eve, 1914, the fighting spontaneously stopped. Men on both sides laid down their arms and came to celebrate Christmas with each other. They shared food parcels across the lines, sang carols together, and erected Christmas trees with candles. They buried the dead, exchanged presents, and even played soccer together.

Stanley Weintraub uses the letters and diaries of the men present to underscore the reality of this strange, delicate, twilight-like state of truce, when peace and good will really were for all men. It was with reluctance that the truce came to an end, and men had to get back to the business of killing.

©2001 Stanley Weintraub (P)2001 Books on Tape, Inc. 20th Century Christian Living Europe Wars & Conflicts Celebration Military Winter Christmas War Young Adult History For Teens

What the critics say

"Weintraub has brought an obscure and bizarre incident to life with a flair that gives the reader a detailed glimpse of a unique Christmas story." (The Seattle Times)

"Deeply moving." (The Boston Globe)

"Edward Holland excels with his German, French, three classes of British English, and some well-aged Scots. Nor is he taxed by the requirement to recite poetry, soldier's prayers, and even to sing a bit." (AudioFile)

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