This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_085C_01C1F381.225C7560 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable As someone inquired about Juenger and C=E9line recently -- I've = unearthed a short essay by Juenger's former secretary Armin Mohler in my = library, which contains some interesting details re. the controversy = between the two writers.=20 Mohler's essay recounts a visit to C=E9line in Paris and was published = in Mohler's book "Von rechts gesehen" (Seewald Verlag, Stuttgart) in = 1974. On pp. 296-297 Mohler describes his visit in some detail and = mentions that the controversy had started almost by accident. Here's the = story: In his WW2 diaries "Strahlungen" Juenger hadn't mentioned = C=E9line directly (he only features under the codename "Merline"). The = French translator of "Strahlungen" changed "Merline" to "C=E9line" in = the French version without Juenger's approval or knowledge. Mohler = mentions that this eventually led to a libel suit.=20 Funny detail: At the end of his visit, just before he's about to leave = C=E9line's house, Mohler tells the unsuspecting C=E9line that he used to = be the secretary of Juenger -- whereupon C=E9line starts ranting and = raving about Juenger: "... ce petit boche l=E0... cette esp=E8ce de = flic..." Regards, Richard Brem - - - - - - - - -=20 Samstags nachmittags=20 Um halb vier Fussballreportage=20 Und ein Bier=20 Die Toten Hosen "Opelgang" ------=_NextPart_000_085C_01C1F381.225C7560 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As someone inquired about Juenger and = C=E9line=20 recently -- I've unearthed a short essay by Juenger's former secretary = Armin=20 Mohler in my library, which contains some interesting details re. the=20 controversy between the two writers. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mohler's essay recounts a = visit to C=E9line=20 in Paris and </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>was published in = Mohler's=20 </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>book "Von rechts gesehen" (Seewald = Verlag,=20 Stuttgart) in 1974. On </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2><FONT=20 face=3DArial>pp. 296-297 Mohler describes his visit in some detail = and=20 mentions that the controversy had started almost by accident. = Here's the=20 story: In his WW2 diaries "Strahlungen" Juenger hadn't mentioned = C=E9line=20 directly (he only features under the</FONT></FONT><FONT=20 face=3DArial> codename "Merline"). The French translator of = "Strahlungen"=20 changed "Merline" to "C=E9line" in the French version without Juenger's = approval=20 or knowledge. </FONT><FONT face=3DArial>Mohler mentions that this=20 eventually led to a libel suit. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Funny detail: At the end of his visit, just = before he's=20 about to leave C=E9line's house, Mohler tells the unsuspecting C=E9line = that he used=20 to be the secretary of Juenger -- whereupon C=E9line starts </FONT><FONT = face=3DArial>ranting and raving about Juenger: </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>"...=20 ce petit boche l=E0... cette esp=E8ce de flic..."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Richard Brem</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>- - - - - - - - - </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Samstags nachmittags </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Um halb vier</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Fussballreportage </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Und ein Bier </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Die Toten Hosen=20 "Opelgang"</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_085C_01C1F381.225C7560--
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