On Doctor Faustus and Mephistopheles (Satis Shroff, Freiburg)
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On Doctor Faustus and Mephistopheles (Satis Shroff)
Dr. Johann Faust, the man who sold his soul to the Devil. A mythical figure? Certainly not. I went to the pretty town of Staufen via Bad Krözingen from Freiburg. From the distance you can see the ruins of a castle looming above the vineyards on a hill. In [...]
