''Liebe zu Böhmen'' (1972) is an autobiography of the interwar leading tennis player and late writer

Roderich Menzel Roderich Ferdinand Ottomar Menzel (; 13 April 1907 – 17 October 1987) was a Czech-German amateur tennis player and, after his active career, a writer. Birth Roderich Menzel was born in Reichenberg in Bohemia (today Liberec in the Czech Repub ...

. He remembers not only about his tennis experiences, but also about his childhood, traveling around the world and important events that have affected his personal life. In a first part of the book, ''Dieses schöne Land...'', Menzel especially remembers his hometown

Liberec Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is pr ...

, where he spent his childhood and began his successful career as a top sportsman. Describes the complicated coexistence of Czechs and Germans in the region, exploring the surroundings with his father, his first love, but also his father's early death. In the second part ''Zwischen Prag und Samoa Cairo...'' Menzel talks about his experiences on many trips around the world, where he met a lot of interesting people and saw many extraordinary things. The third and final part of the book ''Vor und nach der Sintflut'' is dedicated to the end of Menzel's active sports career, his personal life, situation during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

and the beginnings of his writing career.

References

*Roderich Menzel (1972). ''Liebe zu Böhmen''. Sudpress Verlag München. {{DEFAULTSORT:Liebe zu Bohmen German travel books 1972 non-fiction books German autobiographies