Mille et un jours en prison à Berlin

A physician‑author recounts his sudden plunge from a tranquil summer stroll in the Pyrenees to the chaotic headlines announcing the assassination crisis that sparked the Great War. As the conflict erupts, he and his wife race back to Antwerp, only to be swept into the tide of military bureaucracy, telegrams hijacked by armed officials, and a growing sense of foreboding that will soon reshape Europe.

The memoir then follows his unexpected capture and the year‑long confinement inside Berlin’s formidable prison walls. Written with a plain, unpretentious voice, it offers a series of vivid, often wry episodes—moments of camaraderie among fellow prisoners, the strict oversight of Prussian guards, and the small absurdities that surface amid hardship. Rather than a grand philosophical treatise, the narrative paints an intimate portrait of daily life behind bars, giving listeners a textured glimpse of wartime captivity through the eyes of a man accustomed to healing, now forced to endure.