FREIBURGER ZEITGEISTLITERATURE (Satis Shroff)

Satis Shroff's ZEITGEIST LITERATURE : Zeitgeistlyrik: O, FREIBURG (Satis Shroff) : Zeitgeistlyrik: O, FREIBURG (Satis Shroff) O, Freiburg (Satis Shroff) O, Freiburg! March 24,1599 was the day. Three women ...

Zeitgeistlyrik: O, FREIBURG (Satis Shroff) O, Freiburg (Satis Shroff) O, Freiburg! March 24,1599 was the day. Three women were sentenced as witches and killed. To think this town organized a reception, For Marie Antoinette on May 4, 1770 It also deported its 375 Jewish citizens On October 1940 to Gurs and Auschwitz. As if in a heavenly wrath,  Freiburg was reduced to rubble and ashes, Heaven seemed to be glowing; Clouds began to melt and burn over the town. A scenario within twenty minutes, Created by the Royal Air Force. Twenty minutes that were burnt Into the collective memory of the Freiburger.  Frau Adolph and my mother-in-law still talk About it when we have a coffee afternoon With Schwarzwäldertorte. Frau Adolph says: ‘ Freiburg was razed to the ground. Stones, roof-bricks, broken glass, kaput windows Singed curtains, burnt books, files in smithereens. A traumatic nightmare.’ But I’m proud Freiburger have de...

Satis Shroff's ZEITGEIST LITERATURE : On Doctor Faustus and Mephistopheles (Satis Shroff... :                      On Doctor Faustus and Mephistopheles By Satis Shroff A mythical figure? Certainly not. I went to the pretty town o...

                     On Doctor Faustus and Mephistopheles By Satis Shroff A mythical figure? Certainly not. I went to the pretty town of Staufen via Bad Krvzingen from Freiburg. From the distance you can see the ruins of a castle looming.. Castle ruins of Staufen Dr. Johann Faust, the man who sold his soul to the Devil. A mythical figure? Certainly not. I went to the pretty town of Staufen via Bad Krvzingen from Freiburg. From the distance you can see the ruins of a castle looming above the vineyards on a hill. In the town below is a Gasthaus called Zum Lvwen (To the Lion). The tavern has a fresco on the wall by Prof. Fritz Geiges on the front wall depicting the Devil ' Mephistopheles in the process of breaking the neck of a broken down Dr. Faustus. Below the fresco is a wonderful calligraphic scripture with the words: In anno 1539 in Leuen-to-Staufen Dr Faustus, an astounding nigromantic, died miserab...

Satis Shroff's ZEITGEIST LITERATURE : Skiing in the Schwarzwald (Satis Shroff) : Cross-Country in the Black Forest (Satis Shroff) Public Friends Friends except acquaintances Only Me Custom Close Friends L...