Prussian Curiosities

Prussian Curiosities

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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Mollwitz

31-08-2017

Purely by coincidence I just started reading about the Battle of Mollwitz in "Ausgewählte Werke Friedrichs des Großen", Erster Band, on the same day…

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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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Von Blücher

13-07-2017

Marwitz with regards to the standard of military commanders of the time, and von Blücher, in 1807 (Nachlasse 1, seite 247): Dies ist auch eine von den…

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