I Was a German - The Autobiography of Ernst Toller

Ernst Toller was born in Samotschin, Province of Posen, Prussia in 1893 to a Jewish family. At the outbreak of the first World War, he volunteered himself for military duty, and ended up spending thirteen months on the Western Front. As a result of this he suffered a complete physical and psychological collapse. 'I Was a German' is Toller's autobiography.