Forgotten Land (39 page)
Authors: Max Egremont
15: The Great Wilderness
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‘one of God’s blessings’: Michel Tournier,
The Wind Spirit
(London 1989), p. 109.
‘one of God’s blessings’: Michel Tournier,
The Wind Spirit
(London 1989), p. 109.
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‘like an animal’: Hans Graf von Lehndorff,
Menschen, Pferde, weites Land
(Munich 2004 ed), p. 125.
‘like an animal’: Hans Graf von Lehndorff,
Menschen, Pferde, weites Land
(Munich 2004 ed), p. 125.
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‘still in order’: ibid., p. 153.
‘still in order’: ibid., p. 153.
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‘sensational’: Joseph Goebbels,
Die Tagebücher,
ed. Elke Fröhlich (Munich 2004 – 7), part I, vol. 2/II, p. 123.
‘sensational’: Joseph Goebbels,
Die Tagebücher,
ed. Elke Fröhlich (Munich 2004 – 7), part I, vol. 2/II, p. 123.
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‘tolerable’: ibid., p. 162.
‘tolerable’: ibid., p. 162.
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‘bold’: ibid., vol. 7, p. 289.
‘bold’: ibid., vol. 7, p. 289.
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‘Don’t worry’: Lehndorff,
Menschen, Pferde, weites Land
, p. 262.
‘Don’t worry’: Lehndorff,
Menschen, Pferde, weites Land
, p. 262.
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For the Jewish dentist, see unpublished memoir 4084, Wiener Library.
For the Jewish dentist, see unpublished memoir 4084, Wiener Library.
16: Journey to Irkutsk
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In the interrogations:
Spiegelbild einer Verschwörung. Die Kaltenbrunner-Berichte an Bormann und Hitler über das Attentat vom 20.Juli 1944
(Stuttgart 1961), pp. 257 and 450.
In the interrogations:
Spiegelbild einer Verschwörung. Die Kaltenbrunner-Berichte an Bormann und Hitler über das Attentat vom 20.Juli 1944
(Stuttgart 1961), pp. 257 and 450.
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‘an unbelievable rabble’: Peter Hoffmann,
Stauffenberg
(London 2003 ed), p. 115.
‘an unbelievable rabble’: Peter Hoffmann,
Stauffenberg
(London 2003 ed), p. 115.
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‘We will meet again’: Dönhoff,
Um der Ehre willen
(Berlin 1994), p. 143.
‘We will meet again’: Dönhoff,
Um der Ehre willen
(Berlin 1994), p. 143.
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Dönhoff, ‘Reise ins verschlossene Land oder: eine Fahrt für und mit Kant’,
Die Zeit
, no. 36, 1 September 1989.
Dönhoff, ‘Reise ins verschlossene Land oder: eine Fahrt für und mit Kant’,
Die Zeit
, no. 36, 1 September 1989.
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For the September 1962 trip, see Marion Dönhoff,
Polen und Deutsche
(Frankfurt 1991), pp. 27 – 35.
For the September 1962 trip, see Marion Dönhoff,
Polen und Deutsche
(Frankfurt 1991), pp. 27 – 35.
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Ivanov’s memories of 1989 are in Ivanov,
Von Kaliningrad nach Königsberg
, p. 138.
Ivanov’s memories of 1989 are in Ivanov,
Von Kaliningrad nach Königsberg
, p. 138.
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Her writing was strewn: Haug von Kuenheim,
Marion Dönhoff
(Hamburg 1999), pp. 50 – 2.
Her writing was strewn: Haug von Kuenheim,
Marion Dönhoff
(Hamburg 1999), pp. 50 – 2.
17: ‘The Terrible and Great Way’
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‘the great error’: Anni Piorreck,
Agnes Miegel
(Munich 1990 edn), p. 187.
‘the great error’: Anni Piorreck,
Agnes Miegel
(Munich 1990 edn), p. 187.
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‘terrible and great way’: Agnes Miegel,
Spaziergänge einer Ostpreußin
(Würzburg 2007), p. 98.
‘terrible and great way’: Agnes Miegel,
Spaziergänge einer Ostpreußin
(Würzburg 2007), p. 98.
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A group of Miegel admirers: ‘Gedanken an Agnes Miegel’,
Königsberger Burgerbrief
, no. 66, Winter 2005, p. 30.
A group of Miegel admirers: ‘Gedanken an Agnes Miegel’,
Königsberger Burgerbrief
, no. 66, Winter 2005, p. 30.
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‘immoral’ trade agreement: Hansard HC vol. 197, 25 June 1926, cols 719 – 20.
‘immoral’ trade agreement: Hansard HC vol. 197, 25 June 1926, cols 719 – 20.
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‘It is a system that supported’: Hansard HC vol. 234, 5 February 1930, col. 1975.
‘It is a system that supported’: Hansard HC vol. 234, 5 February 1930, col. 1975.
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‘A communist state’: Hansard HC vol. 252, 13 May 1931, col. 1281.
‘A communist state’: Hansard HC vol. 252, 13 May 1931, col. 1281.
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‘Wake up, England’:
Bucks Free Press
, 11 December 1936.
‘Wake up, England’:
Bucks Free Press
, 11 December 1936.
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‘A panegyric on National Socialism’: Hansard HC vol. 325, 9 June 1937, col. 1737.
‘A panegyric on National Socialism’: Hansard HC vol. 325, 9 June 1937, col. 1737.
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‘A real contribution to the cause of peace’: ibid.
‘A real contribution to the cause of peace’: ibid.
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‘The motto there is’: Hansard HC vol. 344, 8 March 1939, col. 2215.
‘The motto there is’: Hansard HC vol. 344, 8 March 1939, col. 2215.
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‘untidy minds’: Arnold Wilson,
Walks and Talks Abroad
(London 1936), p. 130.
‘untidy minds’: Arnold Wilson,
Walks and Talks Abroad
(London 1936), p. 130.
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‘races, nations’: ibid., pp. 154 – 5.
‘races, nations’: ibid., pp. 154 – 5.
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‘This is not to ignore’: Philip Conwell-Evans, ‘Impressions of Germany’,
The Nineteenth Century and After
, January 1934, pp. 72 – 82.
‘This is not to ignore’: Philip Conwell-Evans, ‘Impressions of Germany’,
The Nineteenth Century and After
, January 1934, pp. 72 – 82.
18: The Prussian Sahara
218 – 19
Bobrowski’s poetry has been translated into English by Ruth and Matthew Mead in
Selected Poems
(London 1971) and
Shadow Lands
(London 1984) and by Leila Vennewitz in
Darkness and a Little Light
(New York 1994).
Bobrowski’s poetry has been translated into English by Ruth and Matthew Mead in
Selected Poems
(London 1971) and
Shadow Lands
(London 1984) and by Leila Vennewitz in
Darkness and a Little Light
(New York 1994).
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The gathering was partly to celebrate: Ivanov,
Von Kaliningrad nach Konigsberg
, pp. 205 – 7.
The gathering was partly to celebrate: Ivanov,
Von Kaliningrad nach Konigsberg
, pp. 205 – 7.
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‘shot to pieces’: Newman,
Baltic Roundabout
, p. 206.
‘shot to pieces’: Newman,
Baltic Roundabout
, p. 206.
225 Mein Sommerhaus
(1931) has been printed as a pamphlet by the Thomas Mann Museum at Nida.
(1931) has been printed as a pamphlet by the Thomas Mann Museum at Nida.
227 Königsberger Allgemeine Zeitung
interview, printed in
Wie auf einem Schiff
, ed. Haupt and Urbonien
(Vilnius 2007).
interview, printed in
Wie auf einem Schiff
, ed. Haupt and Urbonien
(Vilnius 2007).See Here
‘the hounds in the basement’: Bernd Erhard Fischer,
Thomas Mann in Nidden
(Berlin 2007), p. 5.
‘the hounds in the basement’: Bernd Erhard Fischer,
Thomas Mann in Nidden
(Berlin 2007), p. 5.
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‘the mish-mash of hysteria’: Donald Prater,
Thomas Mann
(Oxford 1995), p. 195.
‘the mish-mash of hysteria’: Donald Prater,
Thomas Mann
(Oxford 1995), p. 195.
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‘mongrel of Indian’: ibid., p. 196.
‘mongrel of Indian’: ibid., p. 196.
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‘after the vicious presumption’: ibid., pp. 357 – 60.
‘after the vicious presumption’: ibid., pp. 357 – 60.
19: ‘My dear Jews’
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‘the active and devoted work’: see S. Schüler-Springorum, ‘Assimilation and Community Reconsidered: The Jewish Community in Konigsberg, 1871 – 1914’,
Jewish Social Studies
, vol. 5, no. 3, Spring/Summer 1999.
‘the active and devoted work’: see S. Schüler-Springorum, ‘Assimilation and Community Reconsidered: The Jewish Community in Konigsberg, 1871 – 1914’,
Jewish Social Studies
, vol. 5, no. 3, Spring/Summer 1999.
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‘In German one lies’: Felix Grayeff,
Migrant Scholar
(Freiburg 1986), p. 8.
‘In German one lies’: Felix Grayeff,
Migrant Scholar
(Freiburg 1986), p. 8.
238 – 9
‘an even more rigorous eradication’: Wieck,
A Childhood under Hitler and Stalin
, pp. 38-9.
‘an even more rigorous eradication’: Wieck,
A Childhood under Hitler and Stalin
, pp. 38-9.
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‘I had to die’: ibid., p. 123.
‘I had to die’: ibid., p. 123.
20: ‘Do you see in the east the brightening dawn?’
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‘Frau komm’: Johannes Jänicke,
Ich konnte dabeisein
(Berlin 1984), p. 5.
‘Frau komm’: Johannes Jänicke,
Ich konnte dabeisein
(Berlin 1984), p. 5.
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‘in China’: ibid., p. 86.
‘in China’: ibid., p. 86.
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‘Do you see in the east’: Martin Bergau,
Der Junge von der Bernsteinküste
(Heidelberg 1994), pp. 20 – 2.
‘Do you see in the east’: Martin Bergau,
Der Junge von der Bernsteinküste
(Heidelberg 1994), pp. 20 – 2.
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‘It is all going to plan’: ibid., p. 30.
‘It is all going to plan’: ibid., p. 30.
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‘reckless and hard-hitting’: ‘Herr von Oldenburg-Januschau’,
The Times
, 17 August 1937, p. 15.
‘reckless and hard-hitting’: ‘Herr von Oldenburg-Januschau’,
The Times
, 17 August 1937, p. 15.
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‘It is not for our Germany’: Hans Graf von Lehndorff,
Die Insterburger Jahre
(Munich 1991), p. 6.
‘It is not for our Germany’: Hans Graf von Lehndorff,
Die Insterburger Jahre
(Munich 1991), p. 6.
21: ‘The highest pleasure on earth’
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Göring at Marienburg airport: Dohna-Schlobitten,
Erinnerungen
, p. 176.
Göring at Marienburg airport: Dohna-Schlobitten,
Erinnerungen
, p. 176.
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‘A hunter’: Andreas Gautschi,
Walter Frevert
(Melsungen 2005), p. 9.
‘A hunter’: Andreas Gautschi,
Walter Frevert
(Melsungen 2005), p. 9.
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‘an El Dorado’: ibid., p. 16.
‘an El Dorado’: ibid., p. 16.
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‘the so cool Englishman’: Walter Frevert,
Rominten
(Munich 2008 edn), p. 217. There is an account by Nevile Henderson in his
Failure of a Mission
(London 1940), pp. 89 – 91.
‘the so cool Englishman’: Walter Frevert,
Rominten
(Munich 2008 edn), p. 217. There is an account by Nevile Henderson in his
Failure of a Mission
(London 1940), pp. 89 – 91.
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‘cunning like a fox’: Frevert, Rominten, p. 211.
‘cunning like a fox’: Frevert, Rominten, p. 211.
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‘the ticket puncher’: ibid., p. 222.
‘the ticket puncher’: ibid., p. 222.
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‘There are animals’: ibid., pp. 214 – 15.
‘There are animals’: ibid., pp. 214 – 15.
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‘like a little Prince’: Gautschi,
Walter Frevert
, pp. 66 – 7.
‘like a little Prince’: Gautschi,
Walter Frevert
, pp. 66 – 7.
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‘hardened generation’: ibid., p. 17.
‘hardened generation’: ibid., p. 17.
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‘our proud Great German empire’: ibid., p. 72.
‘our proud Great German empire’: ibid., p. 72.
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‘criminal nonsense’: ibid., p. 75.
‘criminal nonsense’: ibid., p. 75.
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‘purposelessness’: ibid., p. 68.
‘purposelessness’: ibid., p. 68.
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‘an iron silence’: ibid.
‘an iron silence’: ibid.
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‘a very happy pair’: ibid., p. 69.
‘a very happy pair’: ibid., p. 69.
22: Storm in January
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‘You are like our mother’: Dohna-Schlobitten,
Erinnerungen,
p. 180.
‘You are like our mother’: Dohna-Schlobitten,
Erinnerungen,
p. 180.
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Why was he staying, Jänicke wondered: Jänicke,
Ich konnte dabeisein
, p. 114.
Why was he staying, Jänicke wondered: Jänicke,
Ich konnte dabeisein
, p. 114.
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‘I wish I wasn’t here’: Martin Bergau,
Todesmarsch zur Bernsteinküste
(Heidelberg 2006), p. 33. Other accounts of the massacre are in Shmuel Krakowski, ‘Massacre of Jewish
Prisoners on the Samland Peninsula’,
Yad Vashem Studies
XXIV 1994; Reinhard Henkys, ‘Endlösung am Bernsteinstrand’,
Die Zeit
, November 2000, p. 94; Andreas Kossert, ‘Endlösung on the Amber Shore’,
Leo Baeck Institute Year Book
, 2004; and Bergau,
Der Junge von der Bernsteinküste
, pp. 109 – 14.
‘I wish I wasn’t here’: Martin Bergau,
Todesmarsch zur Bernsteinküste
(Heidelberg 2006), p. 33. Other accounts of the massacre are in Shmuel Krakowski, ‘Massacre of Jewish
Prisoners on the Samland Peninsula’,
Yad Vashem Studies
XXIV 1994; Reinhard Henkys, ‘Endlösung am Bernsteinstrand’,
Die Zeit
, November 2000, p. 94; Andreas Kossert, ‘Endlösung on the Amber Shore’,
Leo Baeck Institute Year Book
, 2004; and Bergau,
Der Junge von der Bernsteinküste
, pp. 109 – 14.
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‘I believed myself in heaven’: Bergau,
Todesmarsch zur Bernsteinküste
, p. 39.
‘I believed myself in heaven’: Bergau,
Todesmarsch zur Bernsteinküste
, p. 39.
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‘You have besmirched the German flag’: ibid., p. 80.
‘You have besmirched the German flag’: ibid., p. 80.
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‘this last way’: ibid., p. 47.
‘this last way’: ibid., p. 47.
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‘a fallen oak’: ibid., p. 164. For a description of Feyerabend’s funeral see ibid., p. 113.
‘a fallen oak’: ibid., p. 164. For a description of Feyerabend’s funeral see ibid., p. 113.
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‘liberated’: Kossert, ‘Endlösung on the Amber Shore’,
Leo Baeck Institute Year Book
, 2004, p. 16.
‘liberated’: Kossert, ‘Endlösung on the Amber Shore’,
Leo Baeck Institute Year Book
, 2004, p. 16.
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‘Have you heard anything about the girls?’: Bergau,
Todesmarsch zur Bernsteinküste
, p. 129.
‘Have you heard anything about the girls?’: Bergau,
Todesmarsch zur Bernsteinküste
, p. 129.
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Surminski’s ‘Storm in January’ is in his collection
Gewitter im Januar
(Hamburg 1986).
Surminski’s ‘Storm in January’ is in his collection
Gewitter im Januar
(Hamburg 1986).
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‘Let not your heart be troubled’: Jänicke,
Ich konnte dabeisein
, p. 117.
‘Let not your heart be troubled’: Jänicke,
Ich konnte dabeisein
, p. 117.
23: The Fall
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‘Pray ye that your flight be not in winter’: Lehndorff,
East Prussian Diary
, p. 13.
‘Pray ye that your flight be not in winter’: Lehndorff,
East Prussian Diary
, p. 13.
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‘the Last Judgement’: ibid., p. 20.
‘the Last Judgement’: ibid., p. 20.
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‘fighting group’: Gautschi,
Walter Frevert
, p. 90.
‘fighting group’: Gautschi,
Walter Frevert
, p. 90.
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‘God and the world’: ibid, p. 92.
‘God and the world’: ibid, p. 92.
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‘dream’ position: ibid., pp. 103 – 4.
‘dream’ position: ibid., pp. 103 – 4.
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‘the best horses in Europe’: Frevert,
Rominten
, p. 225.
‘the best horses in Europe’: Frevert,
Rominten
, p. 225.
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‘Russia – and there was a time when I wanted to go there’: Lehndorff,
East Prussian Diary
, p. 131.
‘Russia – and there was a time when I wanted to go there’: Lehndorff,
East Prussian Diary
, p. 131.
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‘These are they which came out of great tribulation’: ibid.
‘These are they which came out of great tribulation’: ibid.
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‘we imagined that only Asiatics’: ibid., p. 137.
‘we imagined that only Asiatics’: ibid., p. 137.
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‘like a bad dream’: ibid., p. 174.
‘like a bad dream’: ibid., p. 174.
24: Hope Deferred
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‘If God is for us’: Jänicke,
Ich konnte dabeisein
, p. 122.
‘If God is for us’: Jänicke,
Ich konnte dabeisein
, p. 122.
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‘Love and hate and every pleasure’: ibid., p. 130. Alfred Ralisch translation (Berlin 1922).
‘Love and hate and every pleasure’: ibid., p. 130. Alfred Ralisch translation (Berlin 1922).
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‘They wandered in the wilderness’: ibid., p. 132.
‘They wandered in the wilderness’: ibid., p. 132.
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‘instructive conversations’: see essay by Robert Traba, ‘Kollektives Gedächtnis und kulturelle Landschaft’, in E. Kobyli
ska and A. Lawaty (eds),
Erinnern, Vergessen, Verdrängen: polnische und deutsche Erfahrungen
(Wiesbaden 1998), pp. 223 – 35.
‘instructive conversations’: see essay by Robert Traba, ‘Kollektives Gedächtnis und kulturelle Landschaft’, in E. Kobyli
ska and A. Lawaty (eds),Erinnern, Vergessen, Verdrängen: polnische und deutsche Erfahrungen
(Wiesbaden 1998), pp. 223 – 35.
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‘I ask myself about my connection to the First World War’: ibid.
‘I ask myself about my connection to the First World War’: ibid.
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‘we could find it again’: Martin Kakies (ed.),
Königsberg in 144 Bildern
(Leer 1955), p. 1.
‘we could find it again’: Martin Kakies (ed.),
Königsberg in 144 Bildern
(Leer 1955), p. 1.
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‘young sun-burnt hand’: Miegel, ‘Glückselige Kindheit’,
Merian
, 6/3, 1953.
‘young sun-burnt hand’: Miegel, ‘Glückselige Kindheit’,
Merian
, 6/3, 1953.
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‘of which the Germans had never dreamed’: quoted in Elena Tsvetaeva et al.
, ArtGuide, Koenigsberg/Kaliningrad Now
(Kaliningrad 2005), p. 38.
‘of which the Germans had never dreamed’: quoted in Elena Tsvetaeva et al.
, ArtGuide, Koenigsberg/Kaliningrad Now
(Kaliningrad 2005), p. 38.
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‘nodal points’: ibid., p. 730.
‘nodal points’: ibid., p. 730.
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For Solzhenitsyn’s 1967 trip, see Scammell,
Solzhenitsyn
, pp. 592 – 3.
For Solzhenitsyn’s 1967 trip, see Scammell,
Solzhenitsyn
, pp. 592 – 3.
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