Interchapter 4: Ottoplatz Ottoplatz was the former name of the Kleiner Tiergarten on Ottostraße in Berlin, a park originally designated as part of a forest preserve in the 1600s. It was heavily damaged in WWII, but was rebuilt after the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Disabled veterans were a common sight in Germany in the 20s: almost 2.7 million men returned from WWI wounded or disfigured, representing a sizable percentage of the remaining male population. The effect on German society was enormous. ehemaliger Front-Kämpfer–>Combat Veteran
Here’s our bird for this chapter: the hooded crow! In German, they’re called Nebelkrähe, or “mist-crows”.
Introducing Heinrich Vogel: First World War veteran, former Freikorps member, and Hans’s father.
A threat. Was zum Teufel?!–>What the hell? Vater, bitte–> Father, please (Hans uses the formal “Vater” as opposed to the informal “Papa” or “Vati”)
Ah, the true Germany. The slogans in the middle panel are taken from placards from the German Revolution of 1918: Nie wieder Krieg–> No More War Roter Soldatenbund: League of Red Soldiers (a Communist veteran’s group)
