Re: c o r r e c t i o n ! jünger no rathenau-murderer!

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In einer eMail vom 08.08.01 18:17:20 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit schreibt 
lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de:

> it wasn't ernst jünger, but ernst von salomon (1902-1972) who took part in 
> the 
>   assazination of rathenau, wherefor von salomon ("die geächteten", "der 
>   fragebogen") went for 5 years to jail. since both writers share a similar 
>   ideological profile and since theweleit, in "male fantasies", writes 
about  
> 
>   both in comparatistic detail, i "fusioned" them here. yes, i really 
should  
> 
>   have checked this out carefully before hitting the button. so: ernst 
jünger,
>   
>   though right-wing in his early days, was not a murderer! sorry, if my 
> mistake  
>   caused irritation or misunderstanding. really sorry, kai    
>  
>  
This is correct. Jünger was not directly involved in the assassination of 
Rathenau. But he knew the killers (freicorps members), he knew their plans, 
they were his friends or "ideological neighbours" of the "conservative 
revolution". Later, in 1944, he knew the people who wanted to kill Hitler, he 
knew the members of the conspiracy, sympathized with them (his function in 
Paris was controlling and censoring the mail), but was not directly involved 
in it. After his active role in the 1st world war he became a pure 
"observer". This was his new lifestyle and ideology, a kind of "contemplative 
observation". "spiritual aristocracy".

Kurt-Werner Pörtner