Томас Манн говорил о том, как немцы, приезжая в Швейцарию, чувствовали себя провинциалами и не могли понять, откуда берется этот комплекс неполноценности.
Из лекции в Вашингтоне «Германия и немцы» (май 1945):
"A journey from the Reich across Lake Constance into Switzerland was a journey from the provincial into the world, – however strange it may seem that Switzerland, a narrow country in comparison to the broad and mighty German Reich and its huge cities, could be perceived as the ‘World’. It was, and is, however, its justification: Switzerland, neutral, multilingual, French-influenced, breathing in the air of the West, was indeed, despite her diminutive size, much more the ‘World’, the European stage, than the political colossus in the North, where the word ‘international’ had long since become an insult and an arrogant provincialism had spoiled the atmosphere and made it musty."
География и ландшафт конечно играют роль, но исторические действия тоже важны. У евреев был Давид с пращей, а у швейцарцев - Вильгельм Телль с арбалетом.
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Date: 2024-04-28 10:53 am (UTC)Из лекции в Вашингтоне «Германия и немцы» (май 1945):
"A journey from the Reich across Lake Constance into Switzerland was a journey from the provincial into the world, – however strange it may seem that Switzerland, a narrow country in comparison to the broad and mighty German Reich and its huge cities, could be perceived as the ‘World’. It was, and is, however, its justification: Switzerland, neutral, multilingual, French-influenced, breathing in the air of the West, was indeed, despite her diminutive size, much more the ‘World’, the European stage, than the political colossus in the North, where the word ‘international’ had long since become an insult and an arrogant provincialism had spoiled the atmosphere and made it musty."
География и ландшафт конечно играют роль, но исторические действия тоже важны. У евреев был Давид с пращей, а у швейцарцев - Вильгельм Телль с арбалетом.