Effect of war on Grimminger

September 3, 1939

CWRS Staff . Eugen Grimminger . Poland, World War I

The outbreak of the current war was another blow for me, because as a participant in the world war of 1914/18, I feel sorry for everything that is affected by war. The starting point for my thoughts: It had to have been possible to avoid this war. Continue reading →

Grimminger’s early life

January 31, 1933

CWRS Staff . Eugen Grimminger . Alfred Grimminger, Alsace, Altenberg Str. 42, anti-Semitism, Battle of Flanders, Berta Grimminger, Buddhism, cooperative, Crailsheim, Franz Xaver Grimminger, Gandhi, Gottlob Grimminger, Ingersheim, Jenny Stern, Luise Haas, Lutheran, Neel David, nonviolence, Pauline Winkler, Rösle Salzmann, Robert Scholl, Stresemann, vegetarian, World War I

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Wilhelm Geyer’s early opposition to Hitler

January 31, 1933

CWRS Staff . Gisela Schertling . National Socialism, politics, Wilhelm Geyer, World War I

Geyer liked to talk politics. I could tell that he was against National Socialism. Among other things, he told me that he deserted or rather allegedly had been declared a deserter at the end of the world war [WWI]. Continue reading →