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# A French Soldier Lights a Cigarette for a Macedonian Child during the First World War
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/frantsuzskii-soldat-prikurivaet-sigaretu-makedonskomu-rebenku-vo-vremia-pervoi-mirovoi-voiny/
- Published: 2024-11-03T11:30:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:32:15.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archive, Observations, Humour

A German soldier offers a cigarette to a Serbian child.

What touching, unfeigned solicitude for childhood.

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_14040@03-11-2024_14-30-49.jpg)