The Case Against Immortality (Plädoyer gegen die Unsterblichkeit)

The unshakeable faith with which every writer assumes they will make an impact on posterity, is very touching. Their feet wade through muddy puddles, but their eyes gaze, calf-like, at the stars of a new age.

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State of Emergency

Weyrauch, Wolfgang (ed.) (1966) Ausnahmezustand: Eine Anthologie aus ‘Weltbühne’ und ‘Tagebuch’. Kurt Desch

Tucho. Na Und?

 Tucholsky, Kurt & Gerold-Tucholsky, Mary (ed.) (1950) Kurt Tucholsky: Na Und? Eine Neue Auswahl aus Seinen Schriften und Gedichten, Rowohlt

The Contra-Part (Das Gegenstück)

The news reached us from Munich that the officers and men of the local reserve formations are staging their own theatre, under the title ‘The Field Grey[1]s for the Field Greys’, and they are performing a play written by a Field Grey, Hias[2].

The Great Families (Die großen Familien)

In the trial of our friends Küster[1] and Jacob before the Imperial Court, the State Prosecutor, Herr Jörns, rose, and spoke to Berthold Jacob[2], „Do you have a brother in Paris?” “Yes.“ „What is your brother doing there?“ „He is studying literature and history. He is about to publish a book.“ The prosecutor, „Does your brother have contacts to the French General Staff?” “No.” “To the scond level of the French General Staff?”

Effective Pacifism (Über wirkungsvollen Pazifismus)

 

Free. I suppose that means: set free. Ferdinand Hardekopf