This review presents Beasts of the Trenches. Forgotten Lives, the second book by Éric Baratay translated into Polish, which is in a way an extension of the first one, The Animal Point of View. Baratay’s innovative work takes an effort to write a history of animals entangled in mankind affairs from a non-human perspective. The French historian emphasizes that the lack of knowledge about animals’ history and suffering is significant and demands to be filled in. Thanks to Baratay’s works, the overlooked and ignored martyrdom and the role of animals in the First World War finally have a chance of being noticed and expressed.
