and then he--not literally ran but carried them.

他不仅仅是跑而是携带信件
They called them runners.

人们称之为送信人
After the war he emerges,

战后他自由了
as do troops demobilized in every country,

各个国家的士兵都已退伍复员
facing the challenges of an uncertain future.

面对渺茫未来的挑战
Nowhere was that future arguably more uncertain than in Germany.

德国的未来最无常
Not all veterans of the fight of the German war cause in World War I

并非所有代表德国在一战中参战的老兵
turned to far-right politics.

都变成了极右政治势力
The SPD, the Socialist Veterans Organization,

社会民主党社会退伍军人组织
was the largest of them all.

占大多数
Yet, there are just enormous continuities between those German soldiers

然而总是有人源源不断地加入德国军队
who returned from the war with their weapons in their houses

战后他们返乡放下武器后