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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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"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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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? — Otto Dix

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Otto Dix was a Artist from Germany (1891–1969).

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Who said "I had to experience how someone beside me suddenly falls over and is dead and t…"?
This quote is attributed to Otto Dix, a Artist from Germany.
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Otto Dix lived from 1891 – 1969.