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Secret Germany Stefan George and His Circle
Stefan George (1868-1933) was one of the most important and influential poets to have written in German. His work, in its originality and impact, easily ranks with that of Goethe, Holderlin, or Rilke. Yet George's reach extended far beyond the sphere of literature. Particularly during his last three decades, George gathered around himself a group of men who subscribed to h...more
Hardcover, 832 pages
Published
June 1st 2002
by Cornell University Press
(first published May 31st 2002)
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Who was Stefan George? If you look him up, you will find out that he was born in 1868 and died in 1933, and that he was a poet. In fact, he was one of the most important and influential poets to have written in German, making him as great as Goethe, Hölderlin or Rilke.
However, that was not why I was interested in him. I was interested because he was the mentor and friend to Claus von Stauffenberg, when he was a young man.
Stauffenberg will always be remembered as the person wh...more
However, that was not why I was interested in him. I was interested because he was the mentor and friend to Claus von Stauffenberg, when he was a young man.
Stauffenberg will always be remembered as the person wh...more
An incredibly erudite study of German poet Stefan George and his circle of disciples. Norton draws from rare sources (little of George's correspondence survived his death) and his knowledge of the period to paint a vivid, if at times grotesque, picture of a Germany hidden beneath the power politics of the Prussian state. George's dealings with his most notable disciples like Friedrich Gundolf and Friedrich Wolters is chronicled in depth showing the fanatical devotion they held towards their belo...more
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“one day in august 1942, during a horseback ride with a like-minded major named Oskar Berger, Stauffenberg said abruptly: "they are shooting jews on a massive scale. these crimes should not be permitted to continue".
Stauffenberg and the others soon formed a group of conspirators who had determined to remove Hitler from power. [..] Stauffenberg was arrested in Berlin and executed by a firing squad. his las words were "long live sacred Germany!"
Stauffenberg's death, as well as that of many other members of the resistance who were subsequently caught and killed, was an honorable one in dishonorable times. they did not die in the name of democracy, though.
he and several of his co-conspirators had drawn up a document in which they declared their shared ideals, the principles on which they imagined Germany should rest once the tyrant had been toppled. this "oath" asserted that they believed "in the future of all germans", a people, it claimed, that represented "a fusion of hellenic and christian origins in its germanic being". at the same time, it announced that the conspirators "despise the lie of equality and bow before the ranks assigned by nature". it ended, "we commit to join an inseparable community that through its attitude and actions serves the New Order and forms the fighters for the future leaders, which they will need".
to the end, then, Stauffenberg remained loyal to the ideals he had learned from Stefan George.”
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Stauffenberg and the others soon formed a group of conspirators who had determined to remove Hitler from power. [..] Stauffenberg was arrested in Berlin and executed by a firing squad. his las words were "long live sacred Germany!"
Stauffenberg's death, as well as that of many other members of the resistance who were subsequently caught and killed, was an honorable one in dishonorable times. they did not die in the name of democracy, though.
he and several of his co-conspirators had drawn up a document in which they declared their shared ideals, the principles on which they imagined Germany should rest once the tyrant had been toppled. this "oath" asserted that they believed "in the future of all germans", a people, it claimed, that represented "a fusion of hellenic and christian origins in its germanic being". at the same time, it announced that the conspirators "despise the lie of equality and bow before the ranks assigned by nature". it ended, "we commit to join an inseparable community that through its attitude and actions serves the New Order and forms the fighters for the future leaders, which they will need".
to the end, then, Stauffenberg remained loyal to the ideals he had learned from Stefan George.”
