This story contains translated passages from the esteemed German authors listed below, as well as references used to put this story into the proper context.

THE AUTHORS:

Wolgang Venohr, Fridericus Rex, Gustav Luebbe Verlag
Franz Kugler, Friedrich der Grosse, Drawings by Adolph Menzel, Kaiser Verlag 1988

REFERENCES:

Fragen an die Deutsche Geschichte, published by the German Bundestag in 1984 Geschichte Europas, Manfred Pawlak, Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, Herrsching Kleine Geschichte, Wolfgang Ribbe, Juergen Schmaedeke, Vieth Verlag and Werbeagentur, Berlin