In einem kurzen Weilchen, meine Herren, sehen wir uns ohnehin alle wieder. Das ist das Los aller Menschen. Es lebe Deutschland. Es lebe Argentinien. Es lebe Osterreich. : Ich werde sie nicht vergessen.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker reflects on the inevitability of death and expresses nationalist slogans, while also promising remembrance.
- In plain terms
- Everyone will die, but I will not forget.
- What can you take from it?
- Remembering the past is important even when confronting mortality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does “it is the fate of all people” imply?
- How does remembrance combat denial?
Another view
Nationalist chants can obscure the universal human condition.
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