An Ordinary Man
From green to grey
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Albert had been a powerful, influential man and his brother Hermann, not. One of them has a wife and children, the other is always with friends, the centre of attention at parties and public events. They have remained brothers though, through all the differences and difficulties. Always listening to each other’s needs, but not always being able to meet them. But Albert for instance had helped to get Franz’s wife out of sight and out of the country. But Hermann and Dexter never got on. There was either rivalry or just plain pity they felt for each other. Their main focus was their relationship to one person, namely Albert, who they both loved. Richarda, who was a socialist, originally born in Portugal was a good friend to all of them. However she did not know what it was they were heading towards. What was the distant future and near future about. She knew them all, tried to be a companion to all of them. The political situation hadn’t really changed at all. Not between people and not between counties. Albert: “In this little town on the Inn, gilded by the rays of German martyrdom, Bavarian by blood, technically Austrian, my parents lived in the late eighties of the past century; my father a dutiful civil servant, -- my mother giving all her being to the household, --- and devoted above all (emphasis on tone, words and vocal expression) to us children in eternal, loving care ,….. I didn’t want to kill all of those children and poor old people!” I didn’t even know, I had Jewish blood, ….was of Jewish descendence…. (Tears in his eyes express the frustration and sadness, regret!). Richarda: “We lived in Traun, Linz and Teheran. But my bliss was broken, when we moved away from Graz. I always go back there now and then. My aunt still lives there. When my mother and I speak, we always have good memories to share of the past. It was the town of my birth. Emma: “I don’t know why you always go about talking ………………. Bringing up those old stories…….”
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About Hermann Goering’s brother, whose type of soul we find in every generation or culture. He slips through, is unimportant.
The writer tries to break the boundary of time, personality and country by dipping right into what makes us move. Being human we cannot escape racism, homophobia or our own mortality and Hitler.
How much of what happened in the 2nd world war is still relevant to today’s society? “The Holocaust is seen as institutionalized racism and/or mass insanity’’….So it is said in K. Cornishes’s book. That people did not see a depth in Hitler and that he `’ was mistakenly thought to lack intellectual depth’’. (p3).
Whereas Hitler believed he had a cause, a way forward, it is clear that his own identity issues were the cause for the atrocities done to so many people. The author tries to run parallels between her own inner emotional state to portray the problem of identity loss and identity claim on a national or individual level.
Two people living in England in 2008, Albert and Dexter. They have a kinship with Richarda, who is originally from Portugal. While their love life is turbulent and edgy, it is Richarda who can understand them. Characters meet one day at a Konzentration Camp and pull their strings and emotions together. While Ahmadinajad speaks at the UN racism conference about his problems, Israel still fights on all corners. Obama on the other hand is wanting all nations to arm down, Europe is getting closer and closer. The recession has become part of everyday life.
Dead souls and living souls are connected through history. The world being one place, it is a challenge to try and connect the past and the future. We cannot quite know how much we have to go through within our personality in every day life. Good acts and bad acts are the basis. What is the difference between Albert Goering and Hitler? In the eternal part of our existence how are their deeds stored?
About the Author
I am a Psychologist/Psychoanalyst - married with two children. Having been brought up mainly in Austria (born in Graz) and educated in Iran and Austria, I decided to leave my home at the age of 19 together with my sister and come to live in the multi-cultural anonymous, but save Great Britain.
I am a dancer, musician and enjoy performing when time allows it. Married in 2001 to an Irish man, who is an excellent architect, my life suddenly turned around by 180 degrees, when I became a mother. My nature and my entire personality feeds and reflects upon what it means to be a 'good enough parent and mother'.