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Vom Kampf um Völkerfreiheit!
So, another book by the somewhat deranged Dulon has arrived, 'Vom Kampf un Völkerfreiheit', 1849/50. Two volumes in one binding for 33 Euros. Not so…
Read more →Auf Wiedersehen, v.d. Marwitz
For now at least. So yesterday morning before going to work I finally finished the second volume of v.d. Marwitz's Nachlasse (on Frederick the Great's…
Read more →Die Idee von Preußen
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…
Read more →Deutsche Geschichte und der Benedettistein
A nice purchase this week from Abe Books, all five volumes of Treitschke's Deutsche Geschichte, all by the same publisher but with different dates…
Read more →Der König Christoph
I couldn't help but include this observation on page 421 of Marwitz's Nachlasse, both for the careless lack (I doubt it was a problem at the time) of…
Read more →Fuchs-Eier und Schaumwein
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…
Read more →Weltbürger
This seemed apposite considering my views of current politics, it was for opinions like this that Marwitz went to Spandau for a short while.
Read more →Beweglichen gegen das Stabile
Ich habe schon von den Streit zwischen Marwitz und Baron vom Stein gehört, aber diesen Auszug aus Marwitz's Nachlasse (Seite 292) macht die…
Read more →Die Emser Depesche
Today is the anniversary of the Emser Depesche incident, which led sofort to the Franco-Prussian War. The blame attached to Bismarck by most…
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