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author: Stefan Zweig
title: Le Monde D'Hier
pages: 563
ISBN-13: 978-2-07-079219-1

• p.24 Memory is volatile
• p.27 Stability + security creates great demand for insurance
• p.34 What is the value of independence in the modern world. What do you use *fuck you money* for?
• p.37 What did eastern european jews want?
• p.51 Jews were always looking out for the arts, Christians would buy horses and other.
• p.53 a view on multiculturalism in europe vs. USA
• p.65 young people were diminished for fear of change of the status quo.
• p.95 physical activity was revered even in 1942!
• p.97 if interested in intellectual pursuits you must start young. Physical endeavours can be done later in life.
• p.110 the arts were censored in the 19th, Russia was an exception
• p.113 the European Burqa?
• p.117 The more you limit the more people push that limit
• p.125 Nice image on prostitution, Arnaud will like it.
• p.145 real poetry comes from experience
• p.150 Origin of the idea for Israel? Theodor Herzl
• p.157 Respect of time
• p.167 We learn most from our peers
• p.170 Value of translation, best way to learn to write.
• p.189 The french state is a patron for writers.
• p.192 What is a good maîtresse de maison in France?
• p.230 Librairie de l'Ile - very exclusive publisher in Vienna.
• p.247 On doubting yourself RATHENEAU
• p.257 Description of USA 1900
• p.267 Why did WWI happen?
• p.271 Recommendation on what to read Romain Roland
• p.296 Everyone thought things were going to be fine until they weren't WWI
• p.299 The unifying power of war.
• p.302 Seems that today we are in a similar situation than 1914.
• p.312 In war countries try to own everything of value they can get their hands on, even cultural works.
• p.320 poetry had more value before the radio - imagine now with Netflix!?
• p.328 Who really knows what war is like?
• p.334 Does the loser have the moral high-ground?
• p.340 How moral and cultural values were important in WWI and not in WWII.
• p.367 Revolutionaries are dogmatic about being contrarian.
• p.371 Austria didn't want to be a country, they were forced to exist after WWI
• p.384 Description of economy after WWI. High inflation and results.
• p.394 Progressives attacked Austria after the WWI.
• p.407 Gay people had surprising power for a small group.
• p.418 What Zweig thinks is special about his books - suppression of all that is superfluous.
• p.433 Description of Russia, everything was organized, nothing worked.
• p.470 Importance of order in Germany, it is essential.
• p.474 How Hitler became so extreme so fast, small tests before big moves.
• p.491 Everyone thought all was good in Austria just prior to WWII, as always.
• p.530 You are not human without a passport.