About this episode

Hazel Strouts discusses her book about a German family's sacrifices during World War I.

In this edition of the Mentioned in Dispatches Podcast, Hazel Strouts talks about her book Three Sons for the Kaiser: A German Family’s Sacrifice in the First World War, a moving account of Philipp Gercke and his three sons, all of whom served, in the Imperial German armed forces and only on returned.

People in this episode

Host: Dr Tom Thorpe

Guest: Hazel Strouts

Topics covered

• World War I
• German history
• family sacrifice
• military service
• historical accounts

Keywords

• Kaiser
• German family
• First World War
• military history
• Philipp Gercke

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Books & works: Three Sons for the Kaiser: A German Family’s Sacrifice in the First World War

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