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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