It’s not like he was a member of the colonial forces. He was a member of an ethnic minority whose family was uprooted by the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine by Germany.
You know what, fair enough. Speaking of which, you should mention that he was sent to Devil’s Island in the explanation. Just “life imprisonment” really undersells the brutality of the thing; if I’m understanding this right exile to French Guiana was closer to a death sentence than conventional imprisonment.
Added! I only knew that Devil’s Island was noted for its harsh conditions, so I linked the wiki page for further reading on it.
Unfortunately, a lot of ordinary people end up in service to abominable polities… because on a large enough scale, most polities end up abominable. Being able to see the big picture at all makes us… more aware than most people in history.
… sometimes I feel like it makes us more aware than most people of the present as well. But maybe that’s just bitterness talking, and these damn Spring allergies.
It’s not like he was a member of the colonial forces. He was a member of an ethnic minority whose family was uprooted by the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine by Germany.
You know what, fair enough. Speaking of which, you should mention that he was sent to Devil’s Island in the explanation. Just “life imprisonment” really undersells the brutality of the thing; if I’m understanding this right exile to French Guiana was closer to a death sentence than conventional imprisonment.
Added! I only knew that Devil’s Island was noted for its harsh conditions, so I linked the wiki page for further reading on it.
Unfortunately, a lot of ordinary people end up in service to abominable polities… because on a large enough scale, most polities end up abominable. Being able to see the big picture at all makes us… more aware than most people in history.
… sometimes I feel like it makes us more aware than most people of the present as well. But maybe that’s just bitterness talking, and these damn Spring allergies.