Notebooks
Creator: Wolfgang Kellerman | Date: November 1944 | Notes: Some notes written by my grandfather, when he was about thirteen years old, having come to London about four years earlier on Kindertransport
- Title
- Notebooks
- Creator
- Wolfgang Kellerman
- Date
- November 1944
- Notes
- Some notes written by my grandfather, when he was about thirteen years old, having come to London about four years earlier on Kindertransport
Document notes
Some notes written by my grandfather, when he was about thirteen years old, having come to London about four years earlier on Kindertransport
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Thursday November 9th 1944. Ich weiß nicht was soll aus mir werden, wenn ich nicht auslernen kann. Denn wenn man nicht auslernt das Geigen dann bleibt man ja nur diletant. Die jämmerlich spielenden Geiger verderben doch jede Musik Das schlimmste ist aber, sie denken sie sind uber jeder Kritik. Ein Glück ist nur daß sie nicht hören ihr eignes Gekratz und Gepfeif. Sonst würden sie sofort zerbrechen den Bogen und auch ihre Geig. Sie würden die Künstler mehr leben und nicht kritisieren so viel Denn 'Runtermachen ist sinnlos doch Besser machen, daß sei ihr Ziel. W. Kellerman.
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November 1944 My Child heed well what you will hear All Games all Cigarettes & Beer All Papers - Cinemas are here To keep the Peoples from thinking clear All Landlords tremble now with fear Lest peoples will no more adhere To Games etc. but will cheer And shout in chorus loud and clear That politics are just a smear On all Humanity my dear. W. Kellerman. Dec. 5. 1944. Wer es will steigen von unten nach oben Muß erst lange üben und proben. W. Kellerman
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There are no two things completely alike in nature, also not the minds of any human being living . Therefore it is impossible for us (human beings) to understand each other. Our minds are like bent mirrors which twist reflect the images into a different shape. Each mind is bent differently, some more alike some less, so that everything we see makes a different impression, or reflects a different image according to the way our minds are bent. One part of it enlarged another part shrunk etc. What is vital (important) to one is quite unimportant to another. The only One thing in common is the search for the vital (important) things obviously Each person is the most important thing to his mind so he (she it) sees him (her its) self enlarged. And tries to make everybody see him her it as he she it sees him her its self nobody could bear to think or believe that he she it is unimportant. he she it would
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do anything to make others share his her its believe about him her itself. But nobody can see the anybody else as himself, because his mind is not makes that impossible myself as the functioning of his mind makes it is impossible. The reason why people attach such importance to their name for instance is not because it is the most beautiful name not because of the name But because it is their name (part of themselves who part of the thing they (we) see as much enlarged. (they love their children for the same reason!) That is why people consider the house, street, country where they are born is important. It is actually only important to each because he is born, living there he thinks of it as his, part of himself that's why he says it's the greatest etc. If somebody
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promises the a crowd of people or in the people of a whole country things that please them like B will make your town, country mind you he says YOUR country or town the greatest the most important in the world. They people don't think for instance what is this fellow talking about how does he propose to do it? Won't the people in the rest of the world be unhappy about any such ideas as they will think it unfair? Even if he think of carrying out that idea won't the rest of the world prevent it? They, the people of that town, country don't ask any of these questions. They are so pleased, so madly pleased, that
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There is no room for thought in their mind they clapp and shout and call him. "He is OUR leader" they think he is important to them being part of them. They do not realise that he is leading THEM that He is the important one He is the Chief and they belong to him as soon as he is their leader. The Each of them thinks that the leader belongs to him personally and they each put themselves out to excel in serving Him fighting even dying for him. Dying for their, THEIR Idol. The leader has got a certain feeling of importance which is his sole and only desire so has everyone of his people in their mind. HE the leader sees other
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leaders in other countries or towns who have done the same he has. Every leader seeing the other leader is again not satisfied as he is not the only the most important. To each one of them tells the people he leads something like this. "You are the best most important most deserving people in the world meaning if you deserve most to be the most important people in the world, BUT there look at only neighbouring people They are conceited enough to think that THEY (some of the earth they are) are the most important! they have no right to think so as YOU know, You are the most important, Don't you
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think it would be a good idea if you showed them WAtO. Is really the most important. The people shout HURRAH! BRAVO!! But tell us how are we to show them that WE are the most important people. So HE says YOU to get guns, bombs etc. and kill them all if possible march in this country make ME Leader over those left over there that would shout them that you are the most important people in the world. Fight for your good cause for the way you live. You know that that is the right, correct way they are bad
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they say they are important but you know very well that they are lying. YOU have got to reach them, to show them the right correct, RIGHT way to live, which only YOU know. That is YOU & most honorable cause They don't know it because they are so stupid to realise it now, but I/Oll are cleverer much more clever than they. YOU in all your goodness will SAVE THEM from their bad way of life. YOU will make them happy although they don't now realise it because they are knof as clever as YOU." That's actually what PATRIA means.