A sad read on so many levels. Reading the effects of two wars on a pacifist intellectual who wanted greater bonds across Europe and instead had to witness what the continent was condemned to by lesser minds. A Jewish man fully integrated into the Austrian society that he loved, until suddenly he wasn't. Knowing he killed himself in the depths of the war, so didn't see Hitler defeated or the foundation of the EU. But then, now, decades on and we're making the same mistakes again; idolising liars, voting for greater divisions amongst ourselves, prioritising borders over lives. 

This in important read to understand just what a shattering effect two wars in close succession had on Europe and also to try and learn from that for ourselves before it's too late.