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Natalia Landauer
Bernhard Landauer is Natalia’s cousin. He is an eccentric man who runs the day-to-day operations of the Landauer department store. He and Christopher become friends, and Bernhard opens up to Christopher about his difficult childhood, though he later tells Christopher that he did this as an experiment to see whether he is able to open up to anyone. After Christopher leaves Berlin for the last time, he hears the news that Bernhard has died, most likely murdered by the Nazis.
Bernhard Landauer Quotes in Goodbye to Berlin
The Goodbye to Berlin quotes below are all either spoken by Bernhard Landauer or refer to Bernhard Landauer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5: The Landauers
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“You, Christopher, with your centuries of Anglo-Saxon freedom behind you, with your Magna Carta engraved upon your heart, cannot understand that we poor barbarians need the stiffness of a uniform to keep us upright.”
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“I’m getting rather tired of what you call your experiments. Tonight wasn’t the first of them by any means. The experiments fail, and then you’re angry with me. I must say, I think that’s very unjust… But what I can’t stand is that you show your resentment by adopting this mock-humble attitude… Actually, you’re the least humble person I’ve ever met.”
In May, I left Berlin for the last time. My first stop was Prague—and it was there, sitting one evening alone, in a cellular restaurant, that I heard, indirectly, my last news of the Landauer family.
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Bernhard Landauer Quotes in Goodbye to Berlin
The Goodbye to Berlin quotes below are all either spoken by Bernhard Landauer or refer to Bernhard Landauer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 5: The Landauers
Quotes
“You, Christopher, with your centuries of Anglo-Saxon freedom behind you, with your Magna Carta engraved upon your heart, cannot understand that we poor barbarians need the stiffness of a uniform to keep us upright.”
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
“I’m getting rather tired of what you call your experiments. Tonight wasn’t the first of them by any means. The experiments fail, and then you’re angry with me. I must say, I think that’s very unjust… But what I can’t stand is that you show your resentment by adopting this mock-humble attitude… Actually, you’re the least humble person I’ve ever met.”
In May, I left Berlin for the last time. My first stop was Prague—and it was there, sitting one evening alone, in a cellular restaurant, that I heard, indirectly, my last news of the Landauer family.
