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Francke Professor of German Art and Culture, Emeritus, Henry C. Hatfield '33, who was known for his critical studies of such authors as Thomas Mann and Franz Kafka, died Tuesday at Youville Hospital in Cambridge...
Hatfield, a scholar of modern German fiction, earned an A.B. degree from Harvard...
Weary Professor of German and Comparative Literature Judith L. Ryan, who seconded the motion, said she did so because she felt the proposal deserved more discussion...
Another common argument is that Harvard should memorialize Confederate soldiers because a Nazi soldier has been honored in Memorial Church. On the surface, this is the old but surely false "two wrongs make a right" argument. But closer inspection shows that the German whose name appears on the Church wall, Adolf Sannwald, was drafted against his will into the Nazi forces. He was a minister who opposed the Nazis and helped to shelter Jews. He tried to serve as a chaplain but was forced to carry out non-combatant jobs such as janitor and clerk...
...France stumbles, the consequences will be serious. The Franco-German partnership has been at the heart of Europe's evolution and stability for almost half a century. France is a key member of the Atlantic Alliance, boasts the world's fourth richest economy and is a leader in such high-tech fields as aerospace, electronics, telecommunications and software...