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Pacifist Quote by Otto Dix

“I had to experience how someone beside me suddenly falls…” quote by Otto Dix — Download Open image

“I had to experience how someone beside me suddenly falls over and is dead and the bullet has hit him squarely. I had to experience that quite directly. I wanted it. I'm therefore not a pacifist at all - or am I?”

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