Monbijouplatz and Modernity
Well here I am in a hotel on Monbijouplatz on the 18th März, I knew the Schloß was no longer here but a plaque might have been nice. Same for In den…
Read more →Well here I am in a hotel on Monbijouplatz on the 18th März, I knew the Schloß was no longer here but a plaque might have been nice. Same for In den…
Read more →Today is the Anniversary of the death of William I, last solely Prussian King, and the passing of the crown, briefly unfortunately, to his son…
Read more →Ich habe letzte Nacht "Die Schlacht bei Zorndorf" ausgelesen. Es hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Ein Paar anschließende Anmerkungen: In dieser Rede des…
Read more →Ohne Kommentar... 6th September 1849. Preußen sind wir und Preußen wollen wir bleiben; ich weiß, daß ich mit diesen Worten das Bekenntnis der…
Read more →Eine kleine, interessante aber etwas grausame Episode beim Schlacht bei Zorndorf, aus "Die Schlacht von Zorndorf" von Dr Adolf Schottmüller (Berlin…
Read more →Although eventually heavily bombed in WWII and finally demolished in 1959, Schloß Monbijou could have been destroyed in 1848 were it not for the brave…
Read more →New aquisition received today; 'Was hat Preußen für Deutschland geleistet' by Wolfgang Menzel, Stuttgart 1870. In fairly good condition, cost around…
Read more →I thought I'd add this here as I was looking for a quote to submit for possible inclusion into a book about the alte deutsche Schrift and liked this,…
Read more →Lebensbeschreibung Hans Joachims von Zieten Latest bit of light reading. A biography of Prussian General von Zieten by his niece Louise Johanne…
Read more →I should have posted this yesterday, but events overtook me. Yesterday (Thursday) I was investigating the West Prussian town from which my German…
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