It is impressive how the accidental discovery of an old diary, related to historical events, and reading it, inevitably, transports you back in time to that era.

This is the case also with the descriptions in the diary of the reserve corporal from Aigio, Antonios Kazolis, which unfolds in this book.

Along with him, we are transported to World War I, specifically to Eastern Macedonia, where the adventure of the 4th Army Corps begins, ending in the city of Geerlitz in Germany.

Living in the Lisse fortress, the invasion of the Bulgarians, the non-resistance of the Greeks based on orders, the decision to transfer to Germany, the journey, the stops, the camp life, the daily routine of the over two years, the hardships, illnesses, holidays, nostalgia, working in German factories, the end of the war—all come to life before us—and call us to empathize with the author's adventure in the diary, over 100 years later…