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Ich gelobe feierlich vor Gott und in Gegenwart dieser Versammlung,
I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly,
ein würdiges Leben zu führen und meinen Beruf getreu auszuüben.
To pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully.
Ich werde mich allem enthalten, was schädlich und verderblich ist,
I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous,
und werde keine schädliche Arznei verabreichen.
And will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug.
Ich will alles tun, um den Standard meines Berufes zu heben und zu erhalten,
I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession,
und werde alles mir anvertraute Geheimnis sowie alle privaten Angelegenheiten,
And will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping,
die mir bei der Ausübung meines Berufes bekannt werden, streng bewahren.
And all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practice of my calling.
Mit Treue werde ich dem Arzte bei seiner Arbeit helfen
With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work,
und mich dem Wohl derer widmen, die meiner Pflege anvertraut sind.
And devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care.
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Private First Class / Designated Marksman, 5th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. Injury: Lumbar gunshot wound and abdominal wall penetration (back injury). 22 years old
Corporal / Heavy Tank Driver and Battalion Commander's Guard, 1st Panzer Regiment, 1st Panzer Division. Injury: Right shoulder dislocation and rotator cuff tear. 25 years old
Corporal / Battalion Headquarters Radio Operator, 1st Panzer Regiment, 1st Panzer Division. Injury: Left wrist fracture and PTSD. 25 years old
Sergeant / Squad Leader and Assault Leader, 5th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. Injury: Open comminuted fracture of the right ankle. 27 years old
Major / 1st Battalion Commander, 1st Panzer Regiment, 1st Panzer Division. Injury: Left eye blindness and orbital fracture. 30 years old
Intro
Man may be a fragile being, thrown into this cruel world against his will only to perish.
Yet, the reason man is great is that he is a being capable of willingly accepting and loving that fate, no matter how painful or meaningless life may seem.
In the crossfire of war, we have all fallen ill. Obeying the orders of the state, we strayed, took the wrong paths, and in countless life errors, we collapsed into helpless nihilism, having lost the defensive instincts of body and mind.
But Nietzsche says: even that terrible experience of losing one's way and failing was an inevitable process of exploring pain so that the true mission hidden within us could mature.
I shall transform every moment of this hellish past into 'I willed it so!'
Simply accepting oneself as a destiny and not wishing to be 'someone else.' That is the beginning of healing.
Even if we do not strive to achieve something specific, the instinct grown deep within our consciousness eventually turns us back from the side path slowly.
On the hill where white sheets flutter in the wind, that brilliant moment when we begin a clumsy game of ball with the children, beyond the smell of disinfectant in the rigid ward.
A mission originating from life itself is suddenly given to us, making our lives stronger, bolder, and more cheerful.
One who has recovered a healthy and strong will finds a mission to overcome within any pain.
Since a mission only becomes clearer through resistance and suffering, the pain that did not kill him ultimately only makes him stronger.
In the late autumn of 1944, the great cities of Germany were groaning in the flames of destruction.
The colossal madness of the State and the Führer pushed young men into the jaws of death as expendable parts of the great machine of war. General hospitals in the big cities, unable to handle the influx of wounded soldiers, barred their gates, and death became as light as the common dust on the road.
Stripped of their shells in that hell, five young men were carried by ambulances from their respective fronts and flowed into Room 401 of Ward 3 at the Berghof Lazarett (Field Hospital), deep in the forests of Thuringia, Germany.
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Release Date 2026.09.30 / Last Updated 2026.10.04
