Christina Holstein
is the definitive guide and historian
to Verdun. She has slogged me through
the paths, the mud, and the forts
on both sides of the line for the
past 10 years.
Through her eyes I have imagined
the horror and the courage both
French and German. Her knowledge
is as thorough as it is passionate.
She is an advocate that the events
of this Battlefield of Verdun be
preserved and not be forgotten.
She has taught me that 1916 is not
an issue of France vs Germany. It
is a lesson for humanity.
Burleigh Randolph
