When Ernest Thalmann died in
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- The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family whole source · open book
When Ernest Thalmann died in 1962, Siegmund spoke eloquently in a funeral oration of “the fog and mist of our daily doings and the long trails of dark clouds among which we have to find our way.”2 At Blonay, his monkish side grew pronounced. He slept on an extremely hard bed with hard pillows, drank sparingly, ate simply, and, except for the news, seldom watched television.
chapter: 47 - Fathers and Sons