George Grosz, "The Survivor," 1944
George Grosz, The Survivor (1944)
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March 31, 2013:

The trains are destroyed.

You're told: to find a way home you must reach the next station.

So you crawl along the track, body riddled with glass, sometimes seeing blue sky, sometimes black. After how many days you reach your village, where your mother nurses you for months. The will to life is that strong.