50 more pages. Wilhelmine has arrived in Bayreuth and is not impressed. Oster is arguing that contemporaneous letters she sent to family show that it wasn't as bad as Wilhelmine later recounted in her memoirs. As opposed to Wilhelmine putting a good face on it?
Particularly this letter:
"Everyone's nice to me here, Dad! It would be great, except I miss you so much. Please send $$$, renovations desperately needed."
None of that strikes me as either something that should be taken at face value or as counterevidence to the memoirs.
Also, lol at imagining that letter being written by Wilhelmine the modern AU college student. :P
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Re: Oster Wilhelmine readthrough
Date: 2020-09-27 03:19 am (UTC)Particularly this letter:
"Everyone's nice to me here, Dad! It would be great, except I miss you so much. Please send $$$, renovations desperately needed."
None of that strikes me as either something that should be taken at face value or as counterevidence to the memoirs.
Also, lol at imagining that letter being written by Wilhelmine the modern AU college student. :P