There are glimpses of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe all over Frankfurt, which is to be expected since it is his hometown.  This huge quote on the side of a building in the Ostend is from his early novel – hence the signatur “the young G.” – alluding to the bible verse “Where, o death, is thy sting?” And he signed a letter to his lover in English, a few years later.

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