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“DON”T BE ANGRY, ONLY AMAZED”“At Peronne the retreating Germans left a large wooden signon the ruins of the Hotel de Ville. The sign read: NICHT ARGERN, NUR WUNDERN (Don’tbe angry, only amazed) – After three months in Germany, I realize howuniversally applicable the sign is. The whole character of the people,their outlook on life, and their social relations, were so unlike anything Ihad ever dreamed of, that I could not analyze the soul beneath it all. Before it one stands aghast, perplexed over the possibility of itsbeing real. Of this German soul, as well as of its works on the field ofbattle, one can only say: ‘Nicht argern, nur wundern!’” 1919, The Atlantic Monthly – Photo: After WW1, Peronne, Northern France, “Don’tbe angry, only amazed” – This photo can be zoomed in here -- source link
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