Otto Dix and the Lost Generation

Now that you have seen the 10 etchings by Otto Dix, you are going to write a reflection. How do you think the war affected people emotionally and mentally? How might this change the world and how people think or act? How might a soldier have been permanently affected by the events of WWI, especially trench warfare (even if they weren’t physically injured)? (at least 5 sentences)

Where was Otto Dix born?

What did Dix do when WWI broke out in 1914?

What front did Dix fight on in the beginning? What do you remember about this front? (What type of fighting? Did a lot of people die?)

He nearly died when _ _____ ________ hit him in the neck. (3 words)

What award did Dix win by the end of the war?

Dix was angry about the treatment of whom? In what paintings did he reflect this anger?

How did Hitler feel about Dix? What did he do to his paintings?

What happened to Dix in 1945? When was he released?

Define “Lost Generation”:

Between which years were they generally considered to be born?

What became evident after the dust of WWI settled?

Countries that were hit the hardest by the war lost entire ____________________ of men.

How did the war affect those who came home?

Where did the moniker “Lost Generation” come from?

How did the government treat soldiers returning to the U.S.?

What era did the Lost Generation start?

Why did members of the Lost Generation become nomadic?

What did E.E. Cummings experience in WWI?