Western Prussia.
In the brick-red villa south of Stendal, Mrs. Adenauer is hosting a salon.
The theme of the salon is "The Meaning of the German Nation."
"Martin Luther's German Bible allows the farmer in Hesse and the craftsman in Prussia to read the same proverb, the bells of Cologne Cathedral and Rheinfelden Monastery ring the same hymn of 'Christ's resurrection!'"
A young man, wearing hunting attire without a wig, was gesticulating passionately as he spoke: "From Arminius's battle cry in the Teutoburg Forest to Charlemagne's Frankish Kingdom cavalry, our ancestors watered the black soil from the Baltic Sea to the Alps with the same blood!
"But now, our language, legends, and even ballads have been fragmented into countless pieces!
"Honorable gentlemen, when foreign enemies invade, only by uniting Hesse's sword, Prussia's spear, and Thuringia's shield can we form an iron wall that will make all of Europe..."
