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...Born in 1895, Larry claimed to be descended from the German-Jewish poet Harry Heine, the student of Hegel who converted to Protestantism and changed his name to Christian (!) Johann Heinrich Heine. His most famous poem, "Lorelay," set to music by Friedrich Silcher, has some of the melancholia (if not the elfin wit) that marked many Hart lyrics: "I do not know what haunts me,/ What saddened my mind all day;/ An age-old tale confounds me,/ A spell I cannot allay." And a quatrain Heine wrote for his wife Therese - "You're lovely as a flower,/ So pure...
...Italian media have dubbed him the butcher of Genoa. Friedrich Engel, now a frail 93, is accused of ordering the execution of 59 Italian inmates from a Genoa prison in May 1944 in retaliation for a bomb blast at a cinema that killed five German marines. Engel, who was a member of the Nazis' élite Waffen SS security service, admits he took part in the executions. "Yes I was involved, but I don't feel entirely guilty," he told German television last year. "They were all partisans, terrorists who participated in earlier actions against Germans." Now Engel is being...
...Best Cappuccino: Café Einstein, Friedrich-strasse 185 and other loca-tions. Large and frothy like a real Italian coffee. Also decaf espresso, latte and snacks...
Steiner’s lecture included a wide range of “masters” from across history and cultures, from the biblical patriarch Abraham to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzche...
SWITZERLAND The Gunman with a Grudge The peace of a quiet Thursday morning in the Swiss town of Zug was shattered by a gunman armed with an assault rifle and a grenade. Friedrich Leibacher burst into a regional assembly meeting and opened fire, leaving 14 dead, before turning the gun on himself. Three of the victims were members of Zug's cantonal government. Police believe Leibacher's rampage originated in a row with a Zug bus driver two years ago. Athough nearly 400,000 Swiss men are army reservists who keep weapons at home, gun crime has been rare, with...