01.06.1925
Wilhelm Libend was walking in the room from corner to corner, feeling uneasy. His son was about to be born, so lieutenant was awfully nervous. His wife Adelina had been at great risk of poor birth outcome; the doctors promised nothing good.
28-year-old Wilhelm had everything he wished: a great appointment, a nice mansion in Weimar and beloved wife. Now his long-awaited son is going to be born.
In general, people don't demand something special to be happy. Usual things like family, favourite hobby, cosy house - that is the source of real happiness and total bliss.
There is no denying that every person has the right to think in his or her own way. At this very point I am talking about people who don't set marriage and children as their highest priority. That's absolutely right: such decisions must be made prudently, because the children are one's responsibility for the whole life, even though they grow up and begin their own life.
But such a tragedy as losing even the smallest part of this happiness can put an imprint on the whole life, especially if the loss is preceded by certain tragic circumstances. One won't even hear about creating a new family. The fear of losing nearest and dearest again remains forever, preventing one from normal life. Being elderly, such people feel deepest regret about possibilities and chances lost...
... At last, the doctor appeared in the hall. Libend looked at him with hope.
- The boy is absolutely safe and sound. But your wife... I'm terribly sorry, sir.
There it is... In such cases one is usually shocked, his soul is torn between great happiness and great grief. One's life now is turning the tide, and such upheavals promise no good neither to the sufferer, nor to the ones around him. All bright and light is at risk to be suppressed by the resentment to the misfortune, which took away one's sense of life suddenly and unfairly. They say someone is completely changed. Sometimes it comes to rejecting the former principles and foundations (which are often positive) and one's transforming into the absolute opposite of oneself. One was struggling with evil and frankly condemning it, but as a result this very evil seizes the person. Such state even leads to real madness, which later proves itself the way one least expects.
Wilhelm had known Adelina since childhood. Being a teenager, the girl was an object of desire nearly for all local young men. Wilhelm didn't care about her being of humble origin, because Adelina's diligence and gentle nature impressed the young man very much.
When the war begins, some people become real monsters. Their motives are beyond both understanding and explanation. But many powerful people have the same occupational hazard. They would rather focus their people's attention on some points outside of their state and make them search for enemies elsewhere instead of recognizing their own mistakes and doing everything to make things right and improve their men's life.
One message that clarifies: new people in power mislead the nation by promises of destruction of the old and kinda new life in the new state. But they are no better than the old ones. Reality shows that anger and rancour of numerous human masses are used to do the bidding.
Though Weimar was a relatively small city, its name was known to every German. It had been a sort of education centre for years - Nietzsche, Bach and Liszt visited Weimar; Goethe and Schiller are among the famous citizens.
At all times striving for fine had been based not only on desire to get away from routine, but also in order not to go crazy because of the horrible reality. One can't escape the war, because it is everywhere, this way people try to forget all this nightmare at least temporarily. Everyone tried to overcome stress by all methods possible: literature, music, painting could help to distract.
