Saturday, November 19, 2005

Moreton Paddox: Fate of Historic British Horse Stable scene of Nazi Assassination Training to beStratford Herald - Sat 19th November

Stratford Herald - Sat 19th November

The future of one of the last remaining buildings linking the Paddox to the Czech assassination plot against Reinhard Heydrich lies in the hands of British Stratford District Council.

The application to develop the stable into a "bungalow" or housing development is fiercly opposed by residents citing increased chance of flooding, traffic and "no need" as their concerns.

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Friday, November 04, 2005

castle kosatky and its last family of nobles

kosatky castle of capek
the castle kosatky- my mother's birthplace and home to my grand parents, mother, my two aunts, the maids, dogs, horses, and the ghost mother searching for her child.

It was the retreat for the pre and post World War Two Czech Psychic and Intellectual Circle formed by my grandfather Baron Otokar Capek and his business, partner,publisher, and teacher, Jewish ascetic Karl Weinfurter.

Weinfurter's wife, Bosena, was my grand father's life love and soul mate. It seems, married to Weinfurter, Bosena was also my grandfather's lover and this relationship was condoned by all adults affected. My grandfather later married Bosena after the War.

I am sure my grandmother Maria Capkova was desperately hurt by what seemed to be a betrayal of love and marriage. My mother up returning to the castle in 2002, two years before her death, was bluntly pained by the truths I just described. She had idolized my grandfather but knew little of him.

His relationship with Bosena harmed the women of the family, and I, although understanding my grandfather and perhaps supporting his decision to live, cannot understand his neglect of his daughters, and lack of sensitivity for my grandmother.

My mother remembers as a little girl, watching my grandmother sit at a mirror and seeing in its reflection, my grandfather hugging and kissing Bosena. My mother didn't understand until 2002, that my grandfather had been in love with someone else.



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Act on Artistic Creations: herrenreiter

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/global_law/german-cases/cases_bundes.shtml?14feb1958

case involving property rights: a private photo of a gentleman show-jumper (herrenreiter) is used without consent, for marketing sexual potency pharmaceutic, claimant deemed compensation


Herrenreiter—the upper-middle class male automotive pioneers from http://www.ghi-dc.org/bulletinS03/32.112-121.pdf

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noble memory and arrogance

The book summary for Masters of Memory: The Strategic Use of Autobiographical Memory by the German Nobility MARCUS FUNCK AND STEPHAN MALINOWSKI: The Nobility's Culture of Memory highlights what I know to be truth herrentum (noble truth) : the family did maintain rigorous standards for breed refinement. Whether pruning a bloodline in dogs and horses, or directing behaviors in their offspring, the aristocrat's position demanded constant self-refinement to presumedly support their importance.

My mother was a well-trained noble, and as described in this essay, she too looked upon her loss of homeland, family, title, and love of life, with an unfortunate bitter sadness.




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