Narvik, 156, 161, 171, 178, 193, 244
Natt, Clara, 281
Natt, Hugo, 281
Nazi Germany, 29, 61, 124, 137, 145, 149, 161, 192, 193, 221, 240–41, 243, 246, 263, 272, 277, 279, 282
Britain’s war with, 150, 153–57, 159–63, 166–69, 179–81, 183, 186–90, 192–94, 201–2
concentration camps of, see concentration camps
defeat of, 268, 272
Greece and, 263–65
Kristallnacht in, 137–38, 140, 144, 177
V-1 bombs of, 254
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 270n
Newbury String Players, 199–200, 201, 207
Nichols, Peter, 250
Nicoll, Stewart, 58
Niemöller, Martin, 148
Norfolk Broads, 110, 120
Normandy landings, 252–54
Norway, 156, 161, 162, 169
Ohrdruf, 267, 268
Olivier, Laurence, 248
Operation Market Garden, 256
Orwell, George, 270
O’Toole, Peter, 9
Oxford University, 92, 269
Win at, 81–85, 90–91, 104–7, 109–10, 113, 261
Pachmann, Vladimir von, 73
Padels (neighbors), 161, 270, 276
Palestine, 63–64
Paris, 137
Hotel Wagram in, 116–17, 118, 227
Patton, George, 256, 268
Pearl Harbor, 291
Pelman Institute, 73
Pepys, Samuel, 4
Pierpont, Claudia Roth, 1
Pioneer Corps, 161
Poland, 142, 149, 162, 228
Polish Jews, 98
Pompeii, 117–18, 118
Potash and Perlmutter, 208
Price, G. Ward, 63
Priestley, J. B., 136, 159
Privates on Parade, 250
Pygmalion (Shaw), 85
Queen’s Westminster Rifles (QWR), 32, 54–55, 56, 59, 60
Quetta, 252–53
Raeburn, Ashley (Reinhard Alsberg), 133–36, 160–61, 275
Raeburn, Nest, 134
Raeburn, Dora, 97, 178
Raeburn, Walter (Regensburg) (Win’s brother), 34, 36, 37, 39, 83, 85, 94, 96–100, 111–12, 134–35, 141, 160, 161, 205, 230
essay on the Jews, 98–99, 100
name change of, 36, 211
RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps), 29–32, 34–36, 40–41, 53, 107, 232
Rayner, Rabbi, 290
Red Cross, 191
refugees, 141, 143, 160–61, 166, 186
Kindertransport and, 138, 145–46, 283
Win and Bernard’s taking in, 138–48, 157–58, 163–64, 282–83
Regensburg, Herman (Win’s father), 25, 38, 46
Regensburg, Margaret “Meg” (Win’s sister), 34, 39, 93, 111
Regensburg, Mrs. Herman (Win’s mother), 49–50, 111, 160, 193
Regensburg, Walter (Win’s brother), see Raeburn, Walter
Richard, Cliff, 8, 12
Ring of the Nibelung, The (Wagner), 229, 232, 236–37
Rommel, Erwin, 193
Röntgen, Wilhelm, 94
Rosemount, 43–44, 56
Rosenzweig, Edith, 79, 229
Rosenzweig, Franz, 78–79, 94, 96, 97–100
death of, 132
Judaism and, 79, 97–99, 102, 103
Rosenzweig, Georg, 78
Roth, Philip, 1
Roth Unbound: A Writer and His Books (Pierpont), 1
Russia, 159, 262–63, 270–72, 279, 280
St. Edmund’s, 187
St. John’s Wood, 194–96
St. Mary Woodlands House, 17, 24, 122, 203, 225, 261
Salomon, Ilse, 140, 144, 147
Salonika, 60, 61, 227–28
Schlesinger, Bernard Edward:
army discharges of, 72, 285–86
army volunteering of, 15, 285
at Benenden, 187–89, 195
boils suffered by, 72–73
break in Win’s relationship with, 45–49, 57
at Cambridge, 30, 74, 77, 83, 87, 107, 109, 113
and Christmas at St. Mary Woodlands House, 1–12
death of, 16, 58, 287–88
driving lessons of, 61
in Egypt, 63, 64
Englishness of, 11–13, 15, 121, 141, 145, 170, 236
entertaining of, 125
family and, 118–19, 121
friends of, 169–71
German soldiers and, 18–19
grave of, 287, 290
honeymoon of, 115–18, 118, 120
houses of, 121–23, 125; see also Mount Pleasant, Kintbury; St. Mary Woodlands House; Templewood Avenue
in Jerusalem, 69–70
Jewishness and, 14–15, 16, 101–3, 107–9, 195–96, 198, 229–32, 284–85
job seeking of, 107–9, 133, 136–37, 138, 142–43, 269, 285
letter to Win’s mother from, 49–50
medical career chosen by, 77–78, 80, 81
memorial for, 290
military promotion of, 275
mother of, 45–47, 193, 195, 221
name of, 33, 36–37, 108, 211–12
nickname of, 107
photographs of, 28, 31, 41, 52, 64, 112, 116, 120, 124, 154, 245, 288
in Quetta, 252–53
in RAMC, 29–32, 34–36, 40–41, 53, 107
refugee children taken in by, 138–48, 157–58, 163–64, 282–83
rekindling of Win’s relationship with, 72
religion and, 101–3, 195–96, 198, 285
sex and, 86–90
at Uppingham, 27–29, 28, 30–31, 31, 33, 34, 64, 237
wedding of, 116
Win’s correspondence with, 17–18, 19, 20
Win’s engagement to, 81, 88, 89, 109–13, 116
Win’s marriage to, 81, 109, 110–11, 118, 119
Win’s meeting of, 25, 27, 65, 74, 269
women’s role as viewed by, 81–83
in World War I, 50, 51–72, 52, 54, 78, 80, 81, 217
in World War II, 52, 57, 153–56, 158–59, 161–72, 178, 187–90, 192–98, 207–8, 209–11, 244, 252–56, 267–69
in World War II, in India, 52, 57, 115, 121, 142, 168–70, 213–14, 217–22, 218, 226–28, 231–41, 244–48, 264, 273–74, 278–79
Schlesinger, Gabriel, 9
Schlesinger, Hilary, 7, 16–17, 19, 146, 158, 164, 170, 183, 203, 276, 285
birth of, 118
religious faith of, 16–17, 283–84
Schlesinger, John Richard, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11–12, 17, 96, 124, 128, 130, 159, 164, 174–77, 203–7, 212, 215, 216, 241, 248–52, 254, 269, 277–78, 289
in army, 248–52, 256–60, 258, 265–66
at Bernard’s memorial, 290
birth of, 118
death of, 16, 289
films of, 20, 130, 177, 204–6, 258–59, 260, 277–78
grave of, 287
as Jew, 257–60
Kintbury Follies and, 174–75, 175, 204–5
magic tricks of, 203, 203
name of, 211–12, 260
nanny and, 128, 135, 135, 177
religion as viewed by, 257–60
at Uppingham, 175–77, 187, 205–6, 212, 215n, 248
with Win and Wendy, 125
Schlesinger, Paul, 9
Schlesinger, Richard, 25, 38, 39–40, 46
Bernard’s relationship with Win ended by, 45–49
Schlesinger, Roger, 7, 9, 10, 96–97, 164, 206, 228, 230, 251, 276
birth of, 118
death of, 16
at school, 187
Schlesinger, Susan, 4, 9, 146, 157, 164, 183, 190, 191, 206, 276
birth of, 118
death of, 16
Schlesinger, Wendy (Ian’s mother), 2, 7, 96, 128, 129, 164, 177, 183, 185, 203, 206, 221, 231, 249, 251, 269–70, 276, 285
birth of, 118
cello playing of, 186–87, 186, 249
death of, 16, 265
in fancy dress, 184
as Glamour Girl, 174–75, 175
Judaism and, 283–84
smoking of, 265
with Win and John, 125
Schlesinger, Winifred Henrietta (née Regensburg):
Americans as viewed by, 261–62
Bernard’s correspondence with, 17–18, 19, 20
Bernard’s engagement to, 81, 88, 89, 109–13, 116
Bernard’s marriage to, 81, 109, 110–11, 118, 119
Bernard’s meeting of, 25, 27, 65, 74, 269
break in Bernard’s relationship with, 45–49, 57
and Christmas at St. Mary Woodlands House, 1–12, 5
death of, 16, 288–89
at dinner party, 226
Englishness of, 11–13, 15, 96, 104, 121, 141, 145, 170, 236, 243–44
entertaining of, 125
family and, 118–19, 121
gardening of, 225–27, 233, 243, 255, 285
in General Service, 191
German soldiers and, 18–19
grave of, 287, 290
in Hampstead, 24, 105
honeymoon of, 115–18, 118, 120
influenza contracted by, 73
Jewishness and, 14–15, 16, 100–103, 105–7, 127, 128, 191–92, 193–95, 229–32, 284–85
with John and Wendy, 125
name of, 23–24, 36–37, 191, 211–12
as nurse at Beech House in World War I, 37–38, 67–69, 68, 72–73, 162
as nurse during World War II, 158, 191
at Oxford, 81–85, 90–91, 104–7, 109–10, 113, 261
photographs of, 5, 24, 39, 45, 68, 112, 116, 118, 120, 124, 125, 131, 154, 164, 233, 288
refugee children taken in by, 138–48, 157–58, 163–64, 282–83
rekindling of Bernard’s relationship with, 72
religion and, 100–103, 193–95
sex and, 86–90
social anxiety of, 126–27, 192
in Switzerland, 131
as violinist, 7, 25, 27, 36, 110, 129, 136–37, 158, 172–73, 174, 198–99, 201, 202, 228, 261
wedding of, 116
Wevill and, 169–74
Schneider, Fritz, 135–36
Schneider, Mr., 128, 129
Schuster, Bernard, 228, 282
Selig, Kurt, 140
Sharp (friend of Bernard’s), 32, 41, 41, 44
Shaw, George Bernard, 85, 187
Siegfried Idyll (Wagner), 21
Simenon, Georges, 4
Sircar, Kamala, 222
socialism, 136, 159, 185
Somme, 50, 52, 53, 54
Soviet Union, 159, 262–63, 270–72, 279, 280
Stalin, Joseph, 270–71, 272
Star of Redemption, The (Rosenzweig), 79
Stern, Ernst, 132, 148, 160, 270
Stern, David (Hans), 160, 270
Stern, Maria, 148, 160, 270
Story of the Salonica Army, The (Price), 63
Strauss, Richard, 38–39
Sunday Bloody Sunday, 259
Sun Yat-sen, 36
Swiss Cottage, 179
Switzerland, 100–101, 103, 104, 120, 131, 149
Hotel Alpenruhe, 149–50, 149
Templewood Avenue, 122–23, 125, 132, 146, 148, 160, 225, 271
Tolstoy, Leo, 117
Traherne, Thomas, 199
Trotsky, Leon, 272
Tuttle, Mrs., 224
Unknown, The, 101
Uppingham School, 27–28, 30
Bernard at, 27–29, 28, 30–31, 31, 33, 34, 64, 237
John at, 175–77, 187, 205–6, 212, 215n, 248
Van Oven, Mathilda, 13
V-E Day, 276–79
Venice, 112–13
Versailles Treaty, 74
Vienna, 137
Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), 158, 191
Wagner, Richard, 7, 14, 21, 26, 44, 85, 91, 197, 199, 235, 236
The Ring of the Nibelung, 229, 232, 236–37
Warsaw Ghetto, 228
Waugh, Evelyn, 90
Wavell, Archibald, 226, 238, 239, 240
Welford, 261
Wevill, Benedict “Ben,” 156, 169–74, 206, 213
Wilde, Oscar, 117
Wilhelmshöhe, 95n
Willesden, 287, 289
Williams, Kenneth, 250
Williams, Ralph Vaughan, 200
Wolfenden, John, 215n
Woodfall, Henry, 119
Woodlands St. Mary’s, 1
Wordsworth, William, 200
World War I, 26, 29, 34, 39, 73, 78, 94, 155, 162, 163–64, 229
Beersheba in, 65–66
Doiran in, 61–63, 72
Macedonia in, 60–63, 78
Somme in, 50, 52, 53, 54
women and, 81–82
World War II, 29, 30, 68, 117, 241
Britain’s war with Germany, 150, 153–57, 159–63, 166–69, 179–81, 183, 186–90, 192–94, 201–2, 249, 252
D-Day in, 252–54, 261, 263
end of, 276–79
German defeat in, 268, 272
Japan in, 241, 249, 252, 268, 279, 280, 291
Operation Market Garden in, 256
phony war, 153
Yanks, 259, 260, 277–78
Yekkes, 13–14
Zimet, Erwin, 138–39, 139, 148
Zimet, Lilly, 138–39
*Meaning private school.
*This derogatory word for the Germans can be spelled in different ways: “Bosch,” “Bosche,” or “Boche.” The last is the most common. Bernard always used “Bosch.”
*Both are women’s colleges established in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
*She is referring to the castle called Wilhelmshöhe, where the kaiser spent his summers between 1899 and 1918. At the end of World War I, the castle was used by Field Marshal von Hindenburg when he demobilized the German army. Reconstruction started in 1968.
*Franz Rosenzweig: His Life and Thought, presented by Nahum N. Glatzer (New York: Schocken, 1961).
*What is called the Liberal synagogue in Britain is known as Reform in the United States.
*Streets in London where many physicians had their practices.
*A term for the household maid.
*Dropsy is the old name for edema, when too much fluid makes the limbs swell.
*Martin Niemöller was a theologian who founded the Confessional Church in protest against the Nazification of Protestant churches in Germany.
*“Bohunk” was an American slang expression for uncivilized people. It is derived from the word “Bohemian,” referring to immigrants from central Europe.
*She might have meant “bloody,” but “blasted” was a term that came more readily to her.
*A part of Hampstead where many Jewish refugees lived. A certain bus conductor during the war is reputed to have called out to his passengers when they approached Swiss Cottage, “Kleine Schweizer Haus, alle Deutscher raus!”
*I found these bits of information in Peter J. Conradi’s fine biography of Iris Murdoch, entitled Iris: The Life of Iris Murdoch (New York: HarperCollins, 2001).
*A play by their favorite playwright, James Barrie.
*A popular variety show at the time.
*Potash and Perlmutter was a Jewish movie co
medy made in Hollywood in 1923. They both adored it, unlike the Marx Brothers films, which Bernard declares in a letter sent on October 3, 1941, “a disservice to our fraternity.”
*The proper citation from the Old Testament is, “I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a firebrand plucked from the burning” (Amos 4:11). Sinners who repent can still be saved by divine mercy.
*A further twist of irony is that John’s headmaster at Uppingham was John Wolfenden, who as Lord Wolfenden published the famous Wolfenden Report in 1957, recommending that homosexual acts between consenting adults should be legal.
*He is referring to the British Empire Exhibition held at Wembley in 1925, to celebrate with a great deal of pomp the glories of the British Raj. Sir Edward Elgar, as “Master of the King’s Musick,” composed the Empire March especially for the occasion.
*“Bolshy” or “Bolshie” is derived from “Bolshevik,” but came to mean a person who was obstructive or disruptive.
*Relatives on Bernard’s side.
*The mother of Hans Levy.
*Fafner, who is later transformed into a dragon, and his brother Fasolt promise Wotan that they will build Valhalla in exchange for the goddess Freya.
*An identity disc is what in the U.S. military would be called a “dog tag.”
*I am not sure which “dagoes,” or swarthy foreigners, Win had in mind. It is true that the LSE was dominated by Harold Laski, a convinced Marxist, at the time. His students had included Jawaharlal Nehru.
*She means pure and naïve, like Wagner’s hero.
*Old colonials.
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