Rhiannon Taylor 09/03/2015
Letter 3 – January 21st, 1933
http://www.historyorb.com/date/1932/january/21
Relevant Historical Context (before the letter – refer to
timeline)
21st January - USSR & Finland stop non-attack treaty
Just after Christmas 1932.
The former Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany changed his will with directions that he was not to be buried in
Germany until the monarchy was restored. Upon his death in 1941, he would be interred at Doorn in the
Netherlands, where he had lived since his abdication in 1918.
Germany's Defense Ministry announced a program to increase the size of its peacetime army to 300,000
men in 36 divisions, with a goal of 650,000 men by 1935 and 1.2 million by 1936. When Germany began
World War II on September 1, 1939, the army would have 102 divisions and 2,758,000 men.
Reich Bishop Ludwig Müller, the leader of Germany's Protestant Reich Church, ordered that the 700,000
children and teenagers, who had been part of the church's Evangelical Youth Movement, be placed under
the control of the Hitler Youth and its leader, Baldur von Schirach.
The Nazi sponsored film Hans Westmar premiered in Berlin after substantial revision on the orders of
Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. Originally adapted from the life story of Nazi martyr Horst Wessel,
the film was re-edited and the name of the title character was changed.
Placement of letter in Epistolary novella
Linguistic and Structural (opening/closing/letter head) Features
Terminology Evidence Purpose/Attitude/Relationship
Exclamatory ‘When she sees you all!’ Over excitement.
Sarcasm ‘What a fine climax for two Humour. Lightens mood. Keeping friendship sweet.
men of forty!’
Brutally honest ‘Vain…and dishonest…’ Honesty. Thinks being truthful is best.
adjectives
Metaphors/Analepsis
‘Jollification….’
Irony ‘Your ever affectionate…’ Not forever.
Letter 3 – January 21st, 1933
http://www.historyorb.com/date/1932/january/21
Relevant Historical Context (before the letter – refer to
timeline)
21st January - USSR & Finland stop non-attack treaty
Just after Christmas 1932.
The former Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany changed his will with directions that he was not to be buried in
Germany until the monarchy was restored. Upon his death in 1941, he would be interred at Doorn in the
Netherlands, where he had lived since his abdication in 1918.
Germany's Defense Ministry announced a program to increase the size of its peacetime army to 300,000
men in 36 divisions, with a goal of 650,000 men by 1935 and 1.2 million by 1936. When Germany began
World War II on September 1, 1939, the army would have 102 divisions and 2,758,000 men.
Reich Bishop Ludwig Müller, the leader of Germany's Protestant Reich Church, ordered that the 700,000
children and teenagers, who had been part of the church's Evangelical Youth Movement, be placed under
the control of the Hitler Youth and its leader, Baldur von Schirach.
The Nazi sponsored film Hans Westmar premiered in Berlin after substantial revision on the orders of
Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. Originally adapted from the life story of Nazi martyr Horst Wessel,
the film was re-edited and the name of the title character was changed.
Placement of letter in Epistolary novella
Linguistic and Structural (opening/closing/letter head) Features
Terminology Evidence Purpose/Attitude/Relationship
Exclamatory ‘When she sees you all!’ Over excitement.
Sarcasm ‘What a fine climax for two Humour. Lightens mood. Keeping friendship sweet.
men of forty!’
Brutally honest ‘Vain…and dishonest…’ Honesty. Thinks being truthful is best.
adjectives
Metaphors/Analepsis
‘Jollification….’
Irony ‘Your ever affectionate…’ Not forever.
