The Beauty and the Sorrow (82 page)

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The cemetery is called Beach Cemetery, and lies on the road between Kelia and Suvla. His grave is Plot 1, Row H, Grave 3. It is possible to throw a stone into the Aegean from that point.

a
De Nogales uses the word as a synonym for Jews.

b
See 13 February 1916 for the first,
this page
.

Envoi

On 10 November the priest from the hospital came and made a short speech. Now we learned everything.

I was utterly dismayed during the short speech. The dignified old man was visibly trembling as he informed us that the House of Hohenzollern was no longer to be allowed to wear the German imperial crown, that our Fatherland had become a “republic,” that we must pray to the Almighty not to withhold his blessing from this change and not to desert our people in the future. He could not refrain from devoting some words to the royal house, reminding us of its great services in Pomerania, in Prussia, indeed, for the whole of the German Fatherland. Then he began to sob gently to himself and the most profound dejection settled over all the hearts in that little room. I do not think there was a single eye that could hold back its tears. But the old man tried to speak again and began to tell us that we must now end this long war; and since we had lost the war and were now dependent on the mercy of the victors our Fatherland would be exposed to harsh oppression and the fact was that the armistice would result in us having to rely on the nobility of our former enemies—at that point I could take no more. It was impossible for me to remain there. Everything went black before my eyes and I fumbled my way back to the dormitory, threw myself down on my bed and buried my burning face in the covers and pillows […]

The days that followed this were horrible and the nights worse—I knew that everything was lost. One would have had to be a simpleton—or a liar and criminal—to hope for mercy from the enemy. My hatred grew during these nights, my hatred for those responsible for this evil deed. During the days that followed I recognised what my mission was to be […]

I decided to become a politician.

A
DOLF
H
ITLER
,
Mein Kampf
, 1925

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