LUXEMBOURG
POST - FDC Sheetlet commemorating the end of World War I. Here's a bit
of history people overlook or don't care about. Read on, please.
On
11 November 1918, more than four years of war were finally over. But it
was not the end of the suffering for the populations of the nations
involved in the War. Death, grief, distress from the lost of belongings
and hunger continued to dominate people’s lives. An Allied embargo meant
that initially very little food made it to Luxembourg, and later on
none at all. In his “Black Market” scene, Pierre Blanc gives a very
realistic depiction of the situation of foraging, whereby people got
their hands on the things they needed to live, both during and after World War I. It is a snapshot of a situation that for many people at the time
was essential for survival.
And
we complain about COVID-19, i.e. track and trace, social distancing,
wearing a mask etc. Better these inconveniences compared to what war and
the aftermath of war does to people. How soon we forget to learn the
lessons from the past.
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