14 Tagebücher des Ersten Weltkriegs - Season 1 (2014)

Millions of women are forced to endure years of separation from their sons and husbands. Berlin-based artist Käthe Kollwitz has lost her son Peter. He died only a few days after the start of the war. 24-year old Marie Pireaud pines for her husband Paul. His letters are her only consolation.

1916 becomes the year of the most gruesome battles. C.E. Montague's unit sent to the Somme. But the men are refusing to follow the 50 year old. Sarah McNaughtan witnesses the genocide of the Armenians. Ernst Jünger, now a lieutenant, experiences the Battle of the Somme.

Australian piano teacher Ethel Cooper has lived in Leipzig for many years. Now, she is no longer wanted here. Karl Kasser is taken prisoner by the Russians. Gabrielle West finds herself forced by the war to earn her own keep. Yves Congar experiences everyday life under German Occupation.

The war itself is now the enemy. In March 1917, Marina Yurlowa is serving as an adjutant. 20-year old Gabrielle West volunteers for a female police unit. Vincenzo d'Aquila becomes a victim of gruesome "treatments" conducted in a mental hospital in Udine. Louis Barthas has survived the battles of Verdun and the Somme.

Yves Congar's father is brought to Germany as a forced laborer. Ernst Jünger has led his unit through countless battles. Now the men surrender, completely exhausted. C. E. Montague is now driving American photographers to a photo session with German prisoners. Marina Yurlowa spends her 18th birthday in a Red Army prison. On November 11, 1918 at 11 o'clock, the bells begin to ring again across Europe. The weapons at the front fall silent. The Great War is over.