Auszug aus Frits Bernard, Pädophilie – eine Krankheit? (1972) Und Buchdeckel von René Schérer, Das dressierte Kind (1975)
H. L.: Wenn man Sie 1930 gefragt hätte, was Sie sind, dann hätten Sie gesagt, eine deutsche Jüdin oder eine jüdische Deutsche, wie es Ihnen gerade eingefallen wäre. Heute 1981 in London, was würden Sie auf die Frage heute antworten, wenn ich Sie fragen würde: Was sind Sie denn? Und ich meine nicht Ihren Beruf, sondern Ihr Selbstverständnis. Fr. R.: Also, das ist eine sehr komplizierte Sache. Also eine Deutsche bin ich nicht mehr. Eine Engländerin, im wahren Sinne des Wortes, werde ich nie sein. Denn englisch kann man nicht werden. Man kann Amerikaner werden, aber man kann nicht Engländer werden. Sogar die eingesessenen und eingeborenen Juden in England nennen sich Briten und nicht Engländer. Das ist hier üblich. Man ist gewöhnt hier in Stämmen zu rechnen. So ist der jüdische Stamm eben auch ein Stamm unter anderen, wie die Waliser und die Schotten. Also, ich bin eine Deutsche nicht mehr, eine Engländerin werde ich nie sein. [...]
„[...] The commencement of a publication, exhibiting the Society's proceedings in a distinct and separate form, seems to be a suitable occasion for giving a brief sketch of each Mission, from its commencement to the present year, as the events connected with it are brought under notice. The first of these is the WEST-AFRICA MISSION. [...]
Quelle 1: The Arcadians Sombra: Have you come from Time? Smith: No, from London. Sombra: London? Smith: Oh, they’ve heard of the wicked old village. [...]
3.1 The aims towards which the City Council should direct its investment in arts festivals relate to the principles and priorities set out in the report entitled „An Arts Strategy for Birmingham“ which your Sub-Committee is also considering at today’s meeting. It is proposed that these two reports together form the background for a future strategy for arts festivals in Birmingham. [...]
1. On the establishment of the present regime in Germany in the spring of 1933 and the dismissal or putting into retirement of a number of distinguished university teachers, either on grounds of opinion or on grounds of race, the Academic Assistance Council was formed (in May 1933) with a view to finding for those so displaced opportunities of continuing their scientific work in various institutions in this country or elsewhere. [...]
Working Men! To you I dedicate a work, in which I have tried to lay before my German Countrymen a faithful picture of your condition, of your sufferings and struggles, of your hopes and prospects. I have lived long enough amidst you to know something about your circumstances; I have devoted to their knowledge my most serious attention, I have studied the various official and non-official documents as far as I was able to get hold of them - I have not been satisfied with this, I wanted more than a mere abstract knowledge of my subject, I wanted to see you in your own homes, to observe you in your every-day life, to chat with you on your condition and grievances, to witness your struggles against the social and political power of your oppressors.[...]
Sir, – I observe that the Post Office clerks who have charge of the telegraphs have been holding a meeting to suggest improvements in the conduct of the service. To judge by my experience, there are some improvements they might contrive to introduce without any such ceremony; and it may be useful if you will let me give your readers an instance of the manner in which telegraphic business is now conducted in the City of London. [...]
Die Elsässer sind zur Abwechslung wieder Franzosen geworden. Die Franzosen stehen auf dem Standpunkt, daß damit alles beim alten geblieben sei, und sie haben recht.
Diese schreckliche Umwälzung kann unserer Zeit als nützliches Lehrstück dienen. […] Einem Philosophen […] mag es erlaubt sein, […] Europa als eine große Republik zu betrachten, deren unterschiedliche Bewohner die fast gleiche Höhe der Gesittung und der Kultur erreicht haben.[...]
Our age is preeminently the age of great cities. Babylon and Thebes, Carthage and Rome, were great cities, but the world has never been so covered with cities as at the present time. [...] [p. 1] Yes, cities, and their resources, must soon become, in a greater degree than ever, the acknowledged wealth and power of nations.[...]
As I pass through the wide streets, I am delighted with everything I see. The houses so lofty and clean, and white, the novel appearance of the trees planted along the pavements, the fine buildings, the massive bronze lamps, and the magnificent cafés, the tinkling of bells on the horses, so singular to my ear. […]