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The Archduke's murder did not seem as important in summer 1914 as now, a year later. Even with the Russian declaration of war in the newspaper, war remained surreal. Wegener contrasts the extatic crowds in Berlin with the calm acceptance in his Holstein village, minus one eldest son of an officers family who hangs himself. In Berlin, there is no use for a war correspondent in the first few weeks. He learns Patience!