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August 31st 1914 Monday.
The papers are still full of the great German victory at Tannenburg. 5 Russian army corps defeated.
Two days ago, a great panic took place among the British and Americans here. Somehow or other they supposed that the Russians were marching on Berlin—and four trains a day left the Zoological Garden Station for Holland, filled with Americans and Englishwomen and children. No Englishman may leave Berlin.
I could not leave Berlin if I tried—as I have to report every three days at the Police.
Berlin is perfectly safe—and as for the Russians besieging it—well it is more likely that the French will—and I don't think the “Berliners” fear the French.
Life is just the same as it always was in Berlin. Cafés, restaurants; operas, theatres, cinematographs are all in full swing and some splendid concerts are to be heard.
I went to a concert given by the American colony in aid of
Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 31 August 1914
Case Study:
A British Teenager Caught Up in the First World War: William O’Sullivan Molony
Creator:
Molony, William O'Sullivan
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diary
Date:
31 August 1914
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