Prussian Curiosities

Prussian Curiosities

Die Idee von Preußen

05-01-2018

Frohes neues Jahr! (Mal schauen...) I found the following passage, actually a large footnote, from v.d. Marwitz's Nachlasse (Volume 2, page 284) very…

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Fuchs-Eier und Schaumwein

07-09-2017

A couple of small excerpts, both relating to Marwitz's opinion of the effect of the Hardenberg reforms on Prussian society (Seiten 382 & 386). Das…

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Weltbürger

17-08-2017

This seemed apposite considering my views of current politics, it was for opinions like this that Marwitz went to Spandau for a short while.

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Der Tag ist angebrochen!

19-05-2017

I found a not particularly flattering reference to "Der Tag ist angebrochen!" by Rudolph Dulon in "Briefwechsel des Generals Leopold von Gerlach mit…

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