Chapter 6: Post-war Vienna: Daimon and the Stegreiftheater

Abstract

WHILE I WAS STILL STATIONED at Mittendorf, I spent much of my free time in Vienna at the Cafe Museum and the Cafe Herrenhof. The
cafes were gathering places for intellectuals and artists of every description. Each cafe had a slightly different clientele. At first I knew few of the people at the Cafe Museum, but soon developed a circle of acquaintances. Acquaintance grew into friendship, and then some of us became coworkers. There was a table reserved for our circle at the Cafe Museum. This was the usual practice at most cafes; there were other coteries who met at the Museum. We usually met once a week, but spontaneous gettogethers were not uncommon between the weekly meetings. On the whole, the cafes catered to masculine society.