“Bürgertum” as a social concept is far older than Karl Marx, but it’s been unfairly burdened with his academization of ‘us vs. them’ ghetto politics.
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“Fledermaus Fancies” Redl’s Girlfriend?
Vienna’s leading theater newspaper, “Weiner Allgemeine Zeitung”, reported that Col. Redl had an extended paid-sex relationship with a Cabaret Fledermaus diva, Lucy Koenig. The empire’s leading editors credited the information, which was a rare occurrence.