BIOGRAPHICAL DATA: William Hermanns was born on July 23, 1895 in Koblenz, Germany, into a family of merchants. His parents were Michael and Bertha. Mr. Hermanns was highly educated with a master's degree from the University of Berlin and continued his studies to obtain a doctorate. from the University of Frankfurt. His career included serving as a German soldier during World War I from 1915 to 1920. He was released as a French prisoner of war in 1920 and prepared for a diplomatic career with the League of Nations. He fled his native country in 1934 because of Hitler's regime. He then started as a research fellow at Harvard University and lectured during summer sessions. William worked to become a teacher. Mr. Hermanns worked for the Office of Strategic Services in Washington DC. He volunteered for the German army during World War I and became a prisoner and then a sergeant and received his Iron Cross and the Cross of Honor. He also had other writings, for example: Mary and the Mockingbird, Einstein and the Poet, Die Feder stockt and some others. Some works in progress are Seed of the Last Days, a reflection on philosophy and people. Another is Theology of Violence, which represents his individual experiences with Goebbels, Hitler, Then XII and Mussolini. William Hermann's personal vow as an author began when he promised that if God saved him, he would serve him as long as he lived. This encourages him to write about man's instinctive consciousness through its own particular implications. Mr. Hermanns also does not believe in chance, but in coincidence and the significance of seemingly related events. 1SUMMARY OF CONTENTS: The subject of this book was the personal experience of a soldier during the First World War. William's involvement lasted from May 1915 to January 1920. The title of the book refers to a Holocaust, not Hitler's, but the aspirations of Being decorated was a hero and a glory for Germany facing the horrors of poison gas, trench warfare and the irreparable disruption to daily life caused by war. He spent a year in the trenches of the Argonne Forest, two months in the Verdun sector, forty months in French captivity and finally an entire year rebuilding the destroyed area around Verdun after the end of the war. He made many connections, self-epiphanies, less favorable treatment, and many other direct events throughout his servitude that paint a very vivid picture of soldier's life..