Totally not surprised late 19th century German edition omits that dedication and all its snark.
Good grief, if stepmother Katte was only seven years older than Hans Herrmann, she might have had more of a big sister than mother relationship with him?
That's kind of what I was thinking. I mean, she was clearly no more than 16 when she got married, and he would have been 9 at that time. (As noted, may also have happened a couple years earlier, probably--hopefully--not much more than that.)
Anyway, I'm assuming motherless child Hans Herrman was raised either by staff and/or relations until the remarriage - given that Wilhelmine and MT were closer to their governesses than their mothers, and Fritz had Keyserlinkg, it would be of interest who did the raising in Katte's case.
Agreed, I was thinking staff. Relations is an interesting possibility I hadn't thought of. And yes, I would be curious to know who raised him. We are slowly closing in the Katte family! (I've acquired a couple more facts, which I'm going to include in my next write-up.)
Bismarck famously quipped "the next war will start with some trouble in the Balkans" years before it happened.
Oh, I know that quote! It's something like "some damn foolish thing in the Balkans."
Re: Kattes and Bismarcks
Good grief, if stepmother Katte was only seven years older than Hans Herrmann, she might have had more of a big sister than mother relationship with him?
That's kind of what I was thinking. I mean, she was clearly no more than 16 when she got married, and he would have been 9 at that time. (As noted, may also have happened a couple years earlier, probably--hopefully--not much more than that.)
Anyway, I'm assuming motherless child Hans Herrman was raised either by staff and/or relations until the remarriage - given that Wilhelmine and MT were closer to their governesses than their mothers, and Fritz had Keyserlinkg, it would be of interest who did the raising in Katte's case.
Agreed, I was thinking staff. Relations is an interesting possibility I hadn't thought of. And yes, I would be curious to know who raised him. We are slowly closing in the Katte family! (I've acquired a couple more facts, which I'm going to include in my next write-up.)
Bismarck famously quipped "the next war will start with some trouble in the Balkans" years before it happened.
Oh, I know that quote! It's something like "some damn foolish thing in the Balkans."