"The Burial of the Dead" Annotations
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The "Hofgarten" is the court garden, the heart of Munich, and the ruling house of Bavaria--a center of royal European activity. | The "Hofgarten" is the court garden, the heart of Munich, and the ruling house of Bavaria--a center of royal European activity. | ||
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''Bin gar keine Russin, stamm' aus Litauen, echt deutsch.'' | ''Bin gar keine Russin, stamm' aus Litauen, echt deutsch.'' | ||
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Translation: "I am not a Russian, I come from Lithuania, a real German." | Translation: "I am not a Russian, I come from Lithuania, a real German." | ||
| − | This alludes to the beginnings of a national, and perhaps racial, identity for Europeans, which possibly also includes the loss of a greater, perhaps more valuable, cohesive European quality. | + | This alludes to the beginnings of a national, and perhaps racial, identity for Europeans, which possibly also includes the loss of a greater, perhaps more valuable, cohesive European quality. |
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