Käthe Kollwitz, née Schmidt (8 July, 1867 – 22 April, 1945) was a German artist, who worked with painting, printmaking (including etching, lithography and woodcuts) and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the effects of poverty, hunger, and war on the working class. Despite the realism of her early works, her art is now more closely associated with Expressionism. Kollwitz was the first woman elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts.

Robert reveals Käthe Kollwitz son’s grave and how the father’s eye line points to his dead son.

George describes the thunder from ongoing artillery and Christmas. He looks to the sky for brief escape from the destruction around him.