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Romain Rolland's Diary

(November1917)
....Almost simultaneous visits from Stefan Zweig and Mrs. Cruppi. - ....He (Zweig) cautions me (I didn't need to be warned) against almost all German writers who are in Switzerland. There are hardly any who are not more or less in collusion with their goverment. This is the case with Schickele and members of his review who are considered heroes of civic courage in Germany. Zweig says: " I know that to think of that kind of courage." Among the German writers who are in Switzerland he makes hardly any exceptions - except for Hermann Hesse whom he likes very much, (Zweig just met Hesse in Berne and likes him very much, as well as Fritz von Unruh.) - ........