Walter Rathenau: His Life and Work

by Harry Graf Kessler

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Genres: Germany, Biography, History

400 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 1930

About the author

Harry Clément Ulrich Kessler (23 May 1868 – 30 November 1937) was an Anglo-German count, diplomat, writer, and patron of modern art. His diaries "Berlin in Lights" published in 1971 revealed anecdotes and details of the artistic and theatrical life in Europe, mostly in Germany, from the collapse of Germany at the end of World War I until his death in Lyon in 1937.

Reviews

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was not an easy book to read, at least the first half was not. I agreed with very little of Rathenau's thoughts on government and the running of industries but I enjoyed reading about the German view of things after the first world war. It is amazing that so little is written about him in the so many other books I have read about this period of history in Germany. Of course the author was a friend and believer so the book may be a bit biased. I am not sure if I agree about his thoughts on the SOUL of man which were covered in the first half of the book as I did not understand them.