Observations from the first Months of World War I
Linke, Oscar (writer + editor, theater critique, 1854 – Weimar 1928). Autograph letter of Nov. 13, 1914, with letterhead editor’s office of Weimarische Landeszeitung Deutschland. 1 page.
To Franz Hermann Meißner, director of the Sedan Panorama, Berlin C, Panoramastraße 1.
“ Dear friend! Much to my regret I can’t use your beautiful essay, which I personally enjoyed with highest pleasure like caviar and Burgundy, for our newspaper. You don’t know the ‘mind’ Weimar … Personally I now (?) have hard duty: ½ 6 getting up, 1 ½ hours rest, then till 7 o’clock in the evening, often afterwards still theatre with following … But what one doesn’t do pro patria ! / All my five nephews are in the field . How is your boy? And many else of the relations … / Bad bad times – when will they end ? … Your ‘immortal’ Oscar / Send me a Klinger copy, review (?) follows by return! ”
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