It is always a pleasure to hear from Guenther on this list with his vast knowledge on German literature (other countries too, of course)
I don't want to withold the whole article by von Erffa, so here is the link. The article is headlined "Obituary for a Giant and Visionary: Ernst Juenger". http://www.germanembassy-india.org/news/98mar/gn20.htm Of course the left in Germany can never forgive Juenger but there are som many others that count who agree with the Observer, also in Germany. Best Jungerian greetings Bertil It boosted my morale to learn from Bertil´s posting that there are people who regard EJ so highly like von Erffa and The Independent. In this country where it is so strictly un-PC to admire EJ openly I only dared to say aloud that I can read his writings again and again and always find new ideas and images that impress me deeply. And there are not many authors which I happen to re-read, Goethe, Schopenhauer, Montaigne, Shakespeare and very few others come to mind. The latter are indeed acknowledged "giants of world literature". If EJ belongs to them he probably is the one whose greatness has most furiously been contested by his countrymen.
