World War I
At the onset of World War I, the German Army drafted Rosenstock-Huessy and stationed him at Western Front, including 18 months at Verdun, until the war’s end. “During this period he organized courses for the troops, replacing the limited instruction in patriotism with broader topics. In 1916, he and his friend, the Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig, also on active duty, exchanged letters on Judaism and Christianity.” That correspondence has become well known as a dialog between proponents of the two related religions. Rosenstock-Huessy’s work, Judaism Despite Christianity, contains much of this correspondence.
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