Evening star., 1932-10-02

however, IN nOnOT Oh LIle ldIllOuS 1cI-
man, but Of certain Karol Marcin-
kowski, who happened to live in the
house for some years and Who-the slab
proclaims- deserved well of his
Polish neighbors. He was the founder
of Polish cooperative society.
A dark wooden stairway leads to an
unpretentious fiat in which a Polish
bookkeeper now lives. This is the birth
place of Marshal Won Hindenburg. The
house is to be torn down shortly, if the
plans of the city fathers materialize, to
give place to a more modern structure,
unburdened by history
If legend current among the German
population of PoSen is to be trusted, Paul
liked to coast down the Sloping Berg
strasSe in his early childhood. But legend
is not to be trusted in this case. Not If
one bears in mind that Lieut. and Adjt.
Robert Won Beneckendorff und Won Hin
denburg was a Prussian officer and a
nobleman of ancient vintage. Although
he was a good man. of reticent nature
and contemplative habits, he was too
much the product of his environment
to close an eye to such violation of his
castles etiquette as the consorting Of his
eldest with boys of the street.
THERE was discipline in the family.
Even Paul's nurse had been connected
with the army. Silence in the COM
pany," she used to boom on the rare
occasions when Paul forgot that he was
no of Mo l,c
brother writes in his "reminiscences that
as a child Paul developed such a dislike
for noise that he often complained about
the boisterouS moods Of his younger
brother.
Then one day there was a street fight
in Posen and hundreds sang: Poland
is not lost. :" The air of 1848 had
brought the revolution, and Polish in
surgents occupied the city Their leader
ordered all the inhabitants to illuminate
their windows. Frau Won Hindenburg,
loyal PruSSian, consoled herself with
the thought that this was the birthday
of his majesty the King of Prussia, any,
how. The song died away and the cam
dies were extinguished in hurry when
the Prussians reoccupied the town.
From one garrison to the other the
Hindenburgs moved, leading veritable
gypsy life Many Prussian army officers
had no permanent home, but Pauls
father was an exception. His home was
in Neudeck, and there the family always
returned. In Neudeck his son is at home.
Some 70 years after these events,
Marshal Won Hindenburg wrote in his
autobiography
For me Neudeck is home and for my
own people it is the firm rock to which
we cling with all our strength"
people are not familiar with the i'm
portant role of Neudeck in contemporary
German history" my chaperon, DR.. Carl
Won Budding, a noted figure at interna-
tional gatherings and president of this
district, told me as we were approach
ing the Presidents house in Neudeck
"The field marshars neighbors are of
the opinion that his long sojourns at his
home have a highly salutary effect on
his life and work In Neudeck he
breathes the air of the German country
side and not the dust of BerlinS
bureaucracy. The viStaS of the Teutonic
country in Germanys Far East show
him the way to solutions which perhaps
could not be seen in Wilhelmstrasse. BY
listening to the song Of the wheat fields
in his leisure hours the President has
humanized the administration.
Chickens fled from the road with in
dignant protest as we entered the village
Women sitting on the stairs of their
houses and sitting flour into sacks looked
at our car with curious peasant eyes.
In the vicinity of Neudeck there are no
multitudes. and only a few high state