Re: Typo

From: Kurt Oertel
Message: 303
Date: 2000-12-08

Keth wrote (about Walter Baetke):

> I recall him mentioned as a
> big professor of Old Norse philology somewhere in the
> former DDR. He is widely known for his high quality
> publications in his field.

True! But he already was a highly respected scholar during the Third
Reich and he is one of those few scholars whose books from that dark
period still are recommendable today. After WW II he lived in the former
GDR.

Cordially,

Kurt

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