THE CAT WHO
WAS SHOT FOR TREASON
IN WORLD
WAR ONE
A roaming cat had acted as an intermediary between Allied and Central
Power Western Front lines and was used by the English, French and German
soldiers. So they could send messages to each other by tying scraps of paper to
this cat's homemade collar.
The cat would then run back and forth across No Man's Land, from one trench to the other.
The cat would then run back and forth across No Man's Land, from one trench to the other.
Actually like all cats do that are not house bound (as they should
be), was really just looking for temporary lodging, comfort and
food.
So when the superior officers of all three armies found out. They
ordered that the cat was to be caught and should be shot for its being a
fraternization go-between.
For it was after a Christmas truce of 1914 when enmity miraculously
faded and one German soldier in his dug-out sang “Stille
Nacht“. Then his English opposite number joined in with “Silent Night” and the
deadly enemies shyly scrambled out into the open air, some clutching presents of
rum and schnapps, and whiskey, lebkochen. With Huntley and Palmer's digestive
biscuits; and they began to swap them with broad smiles, impromptu football
matches also broke out up and down the battle lines...
Thus enabling fraternization to begin between the warring troops, on
the Western Front of World War One.
These popular displays of comradeship; these congenial armistices;
these undeclared and unauthorized cease-fires…
Were of course outlawed by the all governments at war and declared that all such happenings as high treason!
All Committed offenders, were subject to the same field punishment, namely the firing squad.
Were of course outlawed by the all governments at war and declared that all such happenings as high treason!
All Committed offenders, were subject to the same field punishment, namely the firing squad.
The cat, however, as all cats, was a law unto itself.
It would wait purring patiently after feeding whilst cheery little note scrawls in English, French and German.
Was being attached to a homemade collar for such purpose of communicating between the armies, that had notes which read such as:
“Hello Fritz.”
“Gutentag Tommy.”
It would wait purring patiently after feeding whilst cheery little note scrawls in English, French and German.
Was being attached to a homemade collar for such purpose of communicating between the armies, that had notes which read such as:
“Hello Fritz.”
“Gutentag Tommy.”
“Fröhliche Weihnachten, Tommy.”“Happy
Christmas, Fritz.”
“Joyeux Noël”
Back and forth the cat skipped across the mud and snow, to the other
trench across the hard, unforgiving soil of No Man's Land; first appearing at
Mons and later at in Passchendaele.
This communication by cat was judged by the top Military Brass to
constitute a threat!
Through its enabling treasonous acts this cat, through its being an accessory to the undermining of moral.
Through its enabling treasonous acts this cat, through its being an accessory to the undermining of moral.
So the cat was finally arrested and shot for espionage after it
arrived in French lines wearing a newer collar than usual and bearing a note (in
French) which read “which regiment are you from?” The General in charge decided
just to follow the letter of the law, the cat was shot by firing squad for
spying.
That was World War One; a war crime that left fifty million dead, including a hungry cat,
Who's barely ever mentioned but whose bloodstained paw-prints are a lone, feline testament to war's absurdity!
That was World War One; a war crime that left fifty million dead, including a hungry cat,
Who's barely ever mentioned but whose bloodstained paw-prints are a lone, feline testament to war's absurdity!
The source for this story is
from the Christmas truce film “Joyeux Noël”, the Director
of the Film, Christian Carion, drew on a real life story of a cat who as I said
one day was ultimately shot for treason. The real-life story was so ridiculous
and upsetting, Film Director Christian Carion decided not to include it in the
film but only mention it in passing, because he thought the viewers of the film
“Joyeux Noël”, would not believe the truthful absurdity of
a cat being shot for treason.
This the stupidest thing that I have ever read
from,
Sir Richard...
P.S. A cat looks down upon a man, and a dog looks up to a man, but a
pig will look a man straight in the eye and see his equal. by WINSTON
CHURCHILL
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