Liebe zu Böhmen
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Liebe zu Böhmen is an autobiography of the interwar leading tennis player and late writer Roderich Menzel
. He rememebers not only about his tennis experiences, but also about his childhood, traveling around the world and important events that have affected his personal life.
In a first part of the book, Dieses schöne Land..., Menzel especially remembers his hometown Reichenberg
, where he spent his childhood and began his successful career as a top sportsman. Describes the complicated coexistence of Czechs and Germans in the region, exploring the surroundings with his father, his first love, but also his father's early death. In the second part Zwischen Prag und Samoa Cairo... Menzel talks about his experiences on many trips around the world, where he met a lof of interesting people and saw many extraordinary things. The third and final part of the book Vor und nach der Sintflut is dedicated to the end of Menzel's active sports career, his personal life, situation during World War II
and the beginnings of his writing career.
Roderich Menzel
Roderich Ferdinand Ottomar Menzel was an amateur tennis player and after his active career an author.-Birth:...
. He rememebers not only about his tennis experiences, but also about his childhood, traveling around the world and important events that have affected his personal life.
In a first part of the book, Dieses schöne Land..., Menzel especially remembers his hometown Reichenberg
Reichenberg
Reichenberg may refer to the following places:*Reichenberg, the German name for Liberec, a town in the Czech Republic*Reichenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany*Reichenberg, Bavaria, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany...
, where he spent his childhood and began his successful career as a top sportsman. Describes the complicated coexistence of Czechs and Germans in the region, exploring the surroundings with his father, his first love, but also his father's early death. In the second part Zwischen Prag und Samoa Cairo... Menzel talks about his experiences on many trips around the world, where he met a lof of interesting people and saw many extraordinary things. The third and final part of the book Vor und nach der Sintflut is dedicated to the end of Menzel's active sports career, his personal life, situation during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and the beginnings of his writing career.