The story following this reminds me of my ancestors leaving Israel. My great grandfather (who I mentioned in a Macbeth response, way back, about how he died, and I regret the way I found out), my grandmother (who is still with us, but blind), and their immediate family left the middle east on a boat to France. However, they wanted to go to the U.S., so they switched ferries in the middle of the night, as they passed each other. If they hadn't, it turns out that they would've been caught in a war area, whether they went to France or stayed in the east. So that's why I'm alive today.

Are these fellow travelers, or SA officers?

The story of his headmistress, Fraeulein Koeppen.

Does that mean it was poorly written, or a poor representation of German values, or something else?

I'm guessing that pre-school means different things in Germany than here. Perhaps it means school before college, or maybe high school.

I didn't know that. So he used potentially opposing government officials and aristocrats as forces, to further his cause and wipe them out in one fell swoop?

The use of this word here is interesting. It means, "To manipulate in order to fit in with the Jewish belief," which presumably comes from his Jewish background. However, the part I find interesting is the fact that he uses the idea of fitting as a Jew to describe how he escaped Jewish persecution... Yes, I do overanalyze everything. Why do you ask?

Why would swastikas be burned? They're the symbol of the Nazi party, so why would they burn them? Unless, of course, the burnings are statements by resistors.

So, if I'm getting this right, he wanted to become a Rabbi, but his secular objections led to him deciding against it. That means he was, at some point, very invested in Jewish beliefs.

The exact same thing happened to me. My parents tried to put me into Sunday school, but I behaved so badly they kicked me out. It didn't help that I kept on confusing Judaism and Christianity, since I had been raised with elements of both.

I think that this is an excellent point. However, while I would love to incorporate it, it doesn't seem relevant, so I'll have to let it go.

It is interesting to me that he admits that. Most people wouldn't say that outright, or even acknowledge it to themselves, but he just goes ahead and says it. He seems to be very understanding of who he is and where he came from.

According to Wikipedia, he puts emphasis on it building character in his other interviews.

I wonder how that happened. (Note: This sentence is intended to be read in a distinct, non sarcastic tone)

How many languages did he learn through his life? He knew German as a child living in Germany, but also learned French and English through his maids. He studied history, where knowing other languages is an enormous help. So, how many did he learn through his life?

Reminds me of Doctor Who. Won't say more.

I wonder what his family thought of the aristocracy at that point.

That is the best story ever.

Age when going to boarding school.

I like the sound of that name. Don't know why.

Important to remember - He only calls her "my sister" from here on.

Now, that is luxury.

Reminds me of that time I went off on too many tangents.

This doesn't make much sense. The street he lived on was part Berlin, part that other area. How could they be 45 minutes apart? Unless, of course, that is on foot or by horse. I doubt any scenario.

Understatement of the century.

This reminds me of a philosophical problem my father shared with me. A man is put in prison for a crime he didn't commit, and he always protested his innocence. Years later, the case is reopened, and they discover the truth. He is offered a pardon, but he refuses it. According to him, accepting that pardon acknowledges that they had the right to put him in there at all. Substitute the prison system for the system of aristocracy, and it's the exact same problem.

All of these are very annoying, since they both omit information and don't indicate how much time or information they represent the absence of.

Mosse seems to have difficulty with this term. The definition is roughly "Identify via details." It may simply be a result of him being put off by not having English as a first language, but with the interview being 50 years after first encountering it, I doubt that. Another cause may be that, being familiar with so many languages, a contradiction in meaning between them may make a concrete answer pertaining to characterization difficult.

Reminds me of a doctor who story I read. Without the main plot of aliens, a boy and his family emigrated from Germany, and although his father had planned and rehearsed a long speech about how he was from a long line of so-and-so's, which would translate to Smith, he forgot every bit of the speech when he went up to the immigration desk from being seasick, and so said the first thing he saw, which was "Heftmaschine," or stapler. That definitely doesn't translate to English, so his whole family is made fun of for their undeniably German name. After the whole plot is resolved, the Doctor says "Well, Mr. Heftmaschine - amazing name, by the way. Never change it. It's time we were off." It is this small line that provides final resolution for the story (there was a motif of "the truth is relative, and rarely true enough for some"), because now the boy can see everything in a better light.

Hans Lachmann-Mosse, according to Wikipedia.

Later on, we see he receives a scholarship for everyone from a certain area of Germany. He has to prove his home was somewhere in that area, and he showed them that the street he lived on went through both Berlin and that area, and that he technically lived in both. He received the entirety of the money, because no one else qualified. What I find interesting was that they said he also had to prove he was born in that area. I wonder if he simply said nothing about it, and simplifies it to Berlin, or if there's more going on.

General Comments on Source: This source perfectly fits the entire project. It features a German Jew born to a wealthy family residing over a newspaper and advertising organization. With Hitler's takeover, they were forced to emigrate to Europe, and eventually America, and Hitler took over their company. Mosse grew up to become a skilled presenter, and a specialist on the holocaust and the Nazis, as well as other sections of history.

Plague? He'd be right in the middle of it.

Hmm. I wonder... That name sounds awfully familiar.

I will remember this word.

Funny.

This language feels oddly modern.

Why does he default to death, and what does it say about his character?

Why isn't he mentioned very much?

This is really cool to me. Shakespeare used his writing to appeal to a specific person's single desire.

I don't doubt it, but it would be difficult to find an audience today who would do the same.

I wonder if Shakespeare was conflicted about what light to portray the witches in to please James.

So, there is room for interpretation in even the real history.

Does this mean that Malcom succeeded Macbeth's son, or something else? And why didn't Shakespeare show Macbeth's son in the play?

Why is this relevant to James? She died when he was a baby? Feels like fluff.

Now I understand what that Sherlock episode was referring to!

Reminds me of the idea that the mythology of older civilizations reflected their quality of life.

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