" a metaphorical abstract dream, not a story." "Jean-Marie Straub" "I hesitated if I still could phone Inn, and resigned in the end, sighing." "Unfortunately I had arrived too late, and I was tired - so all I was left with was the hotel room's view of the city." "There are vigors which are not all excavated yet." "Such dreams one only dreams in the capital." " Hello?" " The wheat blossoms!" " Inn?" "This very day the baby will be baptized." "So long!" "Inn!" "My old friend Inniga von Zaster-Pehnunz, of young nobility, but old lineage..." "Although her father, Ernst von Zaster, was ennobled by Wilhelm II no more than two days before his abdication" "I have no misgivings to esteem Inn as a girlfriend of my rank." "Did she really mean the laying of the foundation stone... already?" "At the breakfast room I passed the time by imagining who might possibly be suitable for which position." "Soon I had perfectly arranged two regiment staffs, one division staff, and I still had candidates left for the General Staff." "I had my coffee served in the hall." "Strange... to promenade through a forest of monuments on whose pedestals one beholds oneself... strange." "Have the psychologists really explored all the depths of the ego yet?" "At your command, Herr Oberst!" "Heffling!" "A double Korn!" "A double Korn..." "At that time, at Schwichi-Schwaloche... do you remember, the 9th..." "While Heffling whispered some variants of that age-old topic to me" "I noticed Murcks-Maloche entering the hall, as appointed, and with the ordinary people's healthy sense of decency" "Heffling immediately understood he had to leave." "Come see us sometime, Herr Oberst!" "My wife would be pleased!" "I promised to visit him - could maybe result in a small adventure with his wife, every now and then I get an appetite for the rough erotism of the lower classes and one never knows of the arrows Cupid still keeps in reserve." "Now fire away - is it really ..." "Yes, we made it." "Today you will give the inauguration speech" "The first course is already enlisted." "I'm so glad, so glad, Macho." "Get us two double Hennessy's." "I too am glad one of the dreams of my youth became reality - and even in a democracy..." "A democracy, where we have the majority of the parliament on our side!" "Will the public..." "will they swallow it?" "They will swallow it..." "they swallow everything." "Get up, Murcks, a toast!" "Let's drink to the spirit this building will serve." "To the spirit of military remembrance." "I was moved too deeply to be capable of engaging in any other serious undertaking for the rest of this morning." "After Murcks had left for his government office I wandered through the city." "Grow old - stay young, is what we all wish for." "I will await you tonight at the "Pique Dame"" "In Hussar Style" "I sadly remembered the words of my old divisional commander Welk von Schnomm, who used to say: "Macho, Macho, always his head in the clouds"." "He also said this when my regiment comprised just thirteen men, and I had four of them shot for mutiny." "To celebrate the day I treated myself to an aperitif, browsed some newspapers and tried to imagine what Schnomm, were he still alive, would have said when reading these papers." ""Those Christians", he would have said, "those Christians... who could have expected this..."" "The Obligations of a Military Past" "Adjusting the German Armed Forces to Nuclear War" "Bonn Will Rearm, if Necessary Without Paris ...we want rather to fulfill this service for our state and for our people joyfully and with good conscience." "Defense is the Citizen's Duty" "Defense Industry in Free Competition" "It must be our assignment to merge the ethical values of German soldiership with democracy..." "The Future German Wehrmacht" ""The perfect Christian will be the most useful soldier"" "Unconditional "Yes" to German Defense Contribution" "No Divine Order Against Defense Contribution" ""The Soldier's Rights" is No Phrase" "The Politicians' Duty ...who can lead the youth in the casernes and give them leaders who can win their trust that the "right of the soldier" is no empty phrase." "Promotions for Bravery to be Acknowledged" "No Army From the Retort" "If an Army, Then the Best" "Adenauer:" "Neutralization Would be Surrender" "The German people must, with all its power and all available means turn against a neutralization and disarmament of Germany." ""To be a Hammer or an Anvil..."" "May a Christian kill?" "Must a Christian kill?" "Jesus did not tell the soldiers to take up a different profession (as he told the prostitute),  and therefore it is clearly proven that Jesus acknowledged the necessity of soldiership." "And when it comes to defend justice, the Christian of course must kill." "Inn would be the proper wife for me, but she's already divorced seven times and therefore understandably skeptical of that experiment "marriage"." "We're also separated by chasms in our world-view:" "She descends from strict Protestant, me from strict Catholic lineage." "All the same we're symbolically aligned by numerals:" "as she's divorced seven times, I've been wounded seven times." "A high guest - fast, get dressed!" "General von Machorka-Muff, welcome to the capital!" "...I appoint the COLONEL Erich von Machorka-Muff to BRIGADIER GENERAL" "But Herr Minister, the uniform..." "There it was... adorned with medals." "Inn refreshed the secretary with a libation of beer, while I changed clothes, and we drove to the site." "Herr Minister, comrades." "This building, that shall bear the name" ""Hurlanger-Hiss Academy for Military Remembrance"" "and in which during three-month courses" " I first thought, a six-week course could be sufficient, but the parliament is willing to allocate the funds for three-month courses - every erstwhile soldier, Major rank and upwards, shall have the opportunity in dialogue with comrades, in cooperation" "with the governmental department's section for military history to record his memoirs." "This building requires no justification." "A justification, however, is required for the name Hurlanger-Hiss, which for a long time, I want to say until today, was considered defamed." "You all know which stain rests on this name:" "After the army of marshal Emil von Hurlanger-Hiss had to accomplish its fallback at Schwichi-Schwaloche" "Hurlanger-Hiss could only provide evidence for 8500 casualties." "After evaluation by expert fallback specialists of the Tapir however" " as we referred to Hitler in confidential talk, as you know - under the assumption of adequate courageousness in battle his army should have had 12300 casualties." "You also know, Herr Minister and my comrades, how disreputable Hurlanger-Hiss has been treated:" "He was transfered to Biarritz for disciplinary reasons where he died of a lobster poisoning." "For years - thirteen years altogether - this dishonor has rested on his name." "All material about Hurlangers army fell into the hands of the handymen of the Tapir, later into those of the Allied, but today, today it can be said to be proven" " and I am willing to present the material to the public - it can be said to be proven that the army of our venerated marshal at Schwichi-Schwaloche had casualties totaling 14700 men," "I repeat: 14700 men." "It can therefore be said to be proven that his army had fought with unequaled bravery and his name is pure again." "The foundation stone contained a photo of Hurlanger-Hiss and one of his epaulets, and we solemnly entered the celebratory divine service in the cathedral." "And Inn knew a Colonel as her 2nd, a Lieutenant Colonel as her 5th and a Captain as her 6th husband." "And the 8th will be a General." "Actually, my dear, as none of your previous marriages were ecclesiastic weddings, there is no hindrance to celebrate your marriage with Herrn General von Machorka-Muff in a church wedding." "To have a little celebration for our engagement, we drove up to the Petersberg." "That's how I always feel when I am a bride." "Inns family provided the Villa Golden Zaster to our disposal until the Academy will be completed, and in the next morning I gave my first presentation:" ""Remembrance as a Historical Mission"" "Opposition - what's that!" "?" "Do we hold the majority, or don't we?" "We do." "Well then!" "Nobody has ever resisted our family yet."