Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Keywords
memoirs, Swiss teachers, Hans Banziger, Swiss biographies, Romanshorn
Abstract
One of my very young students having gotten once the task to write on his short lifetime introduced his witty essay with the remark that curricula vitae reminded him always of necrologies. He went on, using the fiction of a minister's sermon, to describe his career: "A promising young life came abruptly to an end; Karl X had wanted to become a teacher, but his grades were not good enough ... ". Thus, you might understand, why I myself hesitated a little when Marianne Burkhard asked me to write about my life. Memoirs always sound a little bit sad. But I soon saw the advantages; it was healthy to check the old diaries and recognize the variations of an old fool's peculiarities in an earlier phase; healthy as well to be urged to finally look back for a person who never stopped to make phantastic plans for the future. So let it be.
Recommended Citation
Banziger, Hans
(1985)
"My Life,"
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 21:
Iss.
2, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol21/iss2/4