IN trying to recall my impressions during my short war duty as an officer in the Austrian Army, I find that my recollections of this period are very …

- Fritz Kreisler

The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many of us thought that we had never heard any more welcome soun…

- Fritz Kreisler

Although I had resigned my commission as an officer two years before, I immediately left Switzerland, accompanied by my wife, in order to report for …

- Fritz Kreisler

One gets into a strange psychological, almost hypnotic, state of mind while on the firing line which probably prevents the mind's eye from observing …

- Fritz Kreisler

The earlier days of the republic went into the acquisition of money and the provision for material things is now finding an outlet in the espousal of…

- Fritz Kreisler

My wife volunteered her services as Red Cross nurse, insisting upon being sent to the front, in order to be as near me as could be, but it developed …

- Fritz Kreisler

I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not recall any death that affected me quite so much as that of this first vi…

- Fritz Kreisler

The outbreak of the war found my wife and me in Switzerland, where we were taking a cure.

- Fritz Kreisler

Life that only a few hours before had glowed with enthusiasm and exultation, suddenly paled and sickened.

- Fritz Kreisler