The strength of nationalism allowed for the German communities to come together to create the modern nation of Germany. Germany was a “nation [which] recognize[ed] no races anymore; all speak of language, all depend on the mother, Deutschland.” The consequences of nationalism spread across Europe in the late nineteenth century. Nationalism became part of the culture as a country formed a national identity, but, it required a strong sense of national identity to maintain a united nation. The belief formed of “German morals and German customs speak to us like newly discovered sources of everything beautiful.” On the brink of World War One as Germany approached war they required to figure out who was their …show more content…
Stephan Zweig wrote of the Vienna as “live and let live…poor rich, Chezchs, Germans, Christens, and Jews lived peacefully despite the occasional needling remark.” Zweig’s image of Vienna presented a city of diverse ethnic groups. This multi-culturalism came from the many ethnic associations in the empire. But, Twain in his writing played to a deeply divided and hateful empire. Zweig created Vienna as a place of stability and support. Zweig’s memoir is questionable because of his romantic view of Vienna. While Zweig’s viewpoint did not represent the whole empire, it could be viewed as multi-culturalism within the city its self and the differences of people. Zweig wrote from the point of view of an upper middle class Jew dwelling in the city and his viewpoint provided a glimpse of one man’s view of multi-culturalism of