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Camp universities of the writer Prisler
In Germany, a book called "I am a storyteller of stories." These are autobiographical texts of the famous children's writer Rofried Proysler, the author of such books translated into Russian as “Little Baba Yaga”, “Little Ghost” and others. Among other things, in his new book, the writer recalls the five years spent in Soviet captivity.
The children's books of RFFRID PROSler were translated into more than 50 languages and published with a total circulation of more than 50 million copies. But his new book, compiled by two daughters, is special. It is addressed to adults and is called "I am the narrator of the stories." These are the memories of the famous author about the most diverse periods of his life. Prozler began to compose fairy-tale stories for children in the early 50s, and from 1944 to 1949, Lieutenant Wehrmacht, Remisler, spent in Soviet captivity. There are chapters in the new book dedicated to this difficult time for the pro -spokeler. This is generally a rarity in Germany - memories of this kind. The theme of their own suffering for the Germans of the military generation is a taboo. Perhaps that is why Proysler, having told in his last interview in October 2008 about the memoirs written by him, added that they would be published only after his death. Nevertheless, in the new book, part of these texts, thank God, the living author is published. This is what the daughter of Prisler and the co -owner of the new book Regina Shtiloer said:
- My father wrote a lot of texts about the time spent in Soviet captivity. This is not a whole book, but individual texts. And yet he does not want to publish more than he gave a book with his sister. What will happen later with other texts written on this topic, life will show.
Prisler describes in detail the most difficult first months of captivity, first in Elabuga, and then in Kazan. He writes about the ten semesters, which fate presented him instead of studying at the University of Prague, whom he dreamed of in the pre -war years. The writer draws his conclusions after camp universities in the head of "Lost years?" Here's what it is written there:
"What I studied and understood then was as clearly and obvious and at the same time as contradictory as possible. I realized: a person is capable of any meanness, of any dishonesty, vileness, for any fraud. However, he, the same person, has a nobody, ready to help, to take kindness and be ready to treat, a person is able to treat. And to cure her enemy, as a woman-doctor, a Jewish woman in a camp in Elabuga, has done any danger to me for the sake of a beloved or beloved, as a Tatar girl who fell in front of my camp, and how not to recall the other girl from those times, has done a German girl from their relatives in front of my camp. Now the Czech Bohemia.
This Proysler wrote about his wife, who gave birth to three daughters and with whom he lived for more than 55 years. There is in the book “I am a storyteller of stories” and the chapter “Travel to the past” - about the writer’s trip with his wife to Moscow, Vladimir and Suzdal in 1989. Regina Stiloer tells Regina Shtiglore about the attitude of the Pro -spell to the Russian language and to the Russians:
- His knowledge is not limited to Russian curses that he learned before other words. He reads Russian and willingly enters into conversation with those who speak the language and especially with those for whom this language is native. He had and have friends in Russia who were at home, more writers, for example, Yuri Korinets. At one time, his father himself often visited Russia as part of various meetings of authors who write for children, and he had many contacts and meetings with people of culture and science in Russia.
After reading about the suffered philosophical beliefs of RFFRID PERYSler, I wanted to know about his attitude to Nazism. Regina Stiloer continues:
- The father was 17 years old when he was called up to a military school. The then 17-year-olds were less adult and more naive than the current ones. The father’s answer to the question about his attitude to Nazi time contains, I think, in his book “Crabat”. He always said that Nazism was a seduction of a whole generation, and thoughts about this are present in the book about Krabat. From this, the father draws a conclusion (and this is his personal rethinking of the Nazi period): it was seduction with beautiful words and promises, which ended with a terrible awakening and consequences for the temptation.
The book of RFFRID PERSLER "I am the storyteller of stories" is more devoted to, as can be seen from the title, the profession of an writer of children's stories. But at the end of the book, the writer once again returns to the wartime and by the years of captivity. He recalls the dead friends of his childhood and youth, in particular, who died in captivity. This chapter is called "Hold the place next to you there." He writes that the older he became, the more often he remembered his friends, for many years, as if hidden by fog memory. But the fog gradually dispersed, and he again began to see their faces and feel the need to continue once interrupted conversations. Here's what Prisler writes:
“We would not talk about the war, as someone could have suggested. War is not a topic for us. We already had enough talk about it. My friends would have to learn only one news from me: that I decided to never pick up a weapon again, never, even after the third mug of beer at the autumn festival-never, everything, Basta!”
Another touch to the portrait of the REPRIC of Proysler. Writing luck came to him from the very first publications. But he, being an already famous author, for 13 years continued to combine writing with the work as a teacher and school principal. Why? Here is what he wrote: "I came to the conclusion that children are the smartest and best audience that the storyteller could wish for himself. Children are the most stringent and incorruptible critics."
The children's books of RFFRID PROSler were translated into more than 50 languages and published with a total circulation of more than 50 million copies. But his new book, compiled by two daughters, is special. It is addressed to adults and is called "I am the narrator of the stories." These are the memories of the famous author about the most diverse periods of his life. Prozler began to compose fairy-tale stories for children in the early 50s, and from 1944 to 1949, Lieutenant Wehrmacht, Remisler, spent in Soviet captivity. There are chapters in the new book dedicated to this difficult time for the pro -spokeler. This is generally a rarity in Germany - memories of this kind. The theme of their own suffering for the Germans of the military generation is a taboo. Perhaps that is why Proysler, having told in his last interview in October 2008 about the memoirs written by him, added that they would be published only after his death. Nevertheless, in the new book, part of these texts, thank God, the living author is published. This is what the daughter of Prisler and the co -owner of the new book Regina Shtiloer said:
- My father wrote a lot of texts about the time spent in Soviet captivity. This is not a whole book, but individual texts. And yet he does not want to publish more than he gave a book with his sister. What will happen later with other texts written on this topic, life will show.
Prisler describes in detail the most difficult first months of captivity, first in Elabuga, and then in Kazan. He writes about the ten semesters, which fate presented him instead of studying at the University of Prague, whom he dreamed of in the pre -war years. The writer draws his conclusions after camp universities in the head of "Lost years?" Here's what it is written there:
"What I studied and understood then was as clearly and obvious and at the same time as contradictory as possible. I realized: a person is capable of any meanness, of any dishonesty, vileness, for any fraud. However, he, the same person, has a nobody, ready to help, to take kindness and be ready to treat, a person is able to treat. And to cure her enemy, as a woman-doctor, a Jewish woman in a camp in Elabuga, has done any danger to me for the sake of a beloved or beloved, as a Tatar girl who fell in front of my camp, and how not to recall the other girl from those times, has done a German girl from their relatives in front of my camp. Now the Czech Bohemia.
This Proysler wrote about his wife, who gave birth to three daughters and with whom he lived for more than 55 years. There is in the book “I am a storyteller of stories” and the chapter “Travel to the past” - about the writer’s trip with his wife to Moscow, Vladimir and Suzdal in 1989. Regina Stiloer tells Regina Shtiglore about the attitude of the Pro -spell to the Russian language and to the Russians:
- His knowledge is not limited to Russian curses that he learned before other words. He reads Russian and willingly enters into conversation with those who speak the language and especially with those for whom this language is native. He had and have friends in Russia who were at home, more writers, for example, Yuri Korinets. At one time, his father himself often visited Russia as part of various meetings of authors who write for children, and he had many contacts and meetings with people of culture and science in Russia.
After reading about the suffered philosophical beliefs of RFFRID PERYSler, I wanted to know about his attitude to Nazism. Regina Stiloer continues:
- The father was 17 years old when he was called up to a military school. The then 17-year-olds were less adult and more naive than the current ones. The father’s answer to the question about his attitude to Nazi time contains, I think, in his book “Crabat”. He always said that Nazism was a seduction of a whole generation, and thoughts about this are present in the book about Krabat. From this, the father draws a conclusion (and this is his personal rethinking of the Nazi period): it was seduction with beautiful words and promises, which ended with a terrible awakening and consequences for the temptation.
The book of RFFRID PERSLER "I am the storyteller of stories" is more devoted to, as can be seen from the title, the profession of an writer of children's stories. But at the end of the book, the writer once again returns to the wartime and by the years of captivity. He recalls the dead friends of his childhood and youth, in particular, who died in captivity. This chapter is called "Hold the place next to you there." He writes that the older he became, the more often he remembered his friends, for many years, as if hidden by fog memory. But the fog gradually dispersed, and he again began to see their faces and feel the need to continue once interrupted conversations. Here's what Prisler writes:
“We would not talk about the war, as someone could have suggested. War is not a topic for us. We already had enough talk about it. My friends would have to learn only one news from me: that I decided to never pick up a weapon again, never, even after the third mug of beer at the autumn festival-never, everything, Basta!”
Another touch to the portrait of the REPRIC of Proysler. Writing luck came to him from the very first publications. But he, being an already famous author, for 13 years continued to combine writing with the work as a teacher and school principal. Why? Here is what he wrote: "I came to the conclusion that children are the smartest and best audience that the storyteller could wish for himself. Children are the most stringent and incorruptible critics."