Chapter 9 Chapter 2 "Life Is My School" (4)

After living in Linz's countryside for a few days, Kuster felt that the house in Stompagas seemed to be getting more and more bleak.He persuaded Hitler to take a trip to the countryside.They spent some Sundays in the "Vienna Woods" in the mild spring weather, and sailed down the Danube by steamer.It is generally believed that in such seasons, young people tend to be yearning for spring, but sex plays a small part in their lives.During walks, the girls often gave them sly glances.At first, Kubyschek thought that the glances were handed to him, but he soon discovered that their target was Adolf, and he coldly ignored their invitations.They didn't have sex with women, but they talked about women, love and marriage for hours at night.Of course, as usual, the conversation was monopolized by Adolf.He insisted repeatedly that he must keep the "fire of life" pure, that is to say, that he believed—according to his Catholic upbringing—that both man and woman should remain chaste in body and soul before marriage, Only in this way can healthy offspring be produced for the nation.

However, the dark side of sex often haunts him.He would talk "hour by hour" about "degenerate (sexual) customs".He violently attacks prostitutes, condemning not only prostitutes and their "clients" but society as well.He was almost obsessed with it.One night, after watching Changdegent's "Spring Awakening," he grabbed Kuster's arm and said, "We've got to see 'The Gutter of Evil.'" So they turned and walked down a road. Down the narrow, dark side street—that's Spittelberger Strasse.There are rows of huts on both sides of the street, and the interior lights are so bright that even the girls inside can be seen clearly. "Girls were sitting in the house, disheveled and minimally dressed," recalls Kubitschek, "some were putting on makeup, some were combing their hair, some were looking in the mirror, but they were always looking at the street. The man who walked by." Occasionally, a man would stop in front of the house and say a word or two to the girl—then the lights would go out.When they reached the end of the street, they turned their faces away and looked at the terrible scene for a long time.After returning to his room, Adolf once again talked about the prostitution issue, "indifferent and objective, it seems that whether to fight tuberculosis or not, and whether to burn it or not is a matter of his personal attitude."

In the competition, Kuster achieved excellent results, and he conducted the end-of-term concert. Three of his songs were sung, and two movements of his works for string sextet were performed.In the green room, Adolph stood proudly beside him.Not only the principal of the conducting school, but also the dean of the music academy congratulated him.