Olympus (ÉÊËlÉªmpÉs) n. 1. (Placename) Mount Olympus a mountain in NE Greece: the highest mountain in Greece, believed in Greek mythology to be the dwelling place of the greater gods. Height: 2911 m (9550 ft). Modern Greek name: Ãlimbos. 2. (Placename) Mount Olympus a mountain in NW
Josef Seibel shoes began in 1886 in a small German village. This family held Shoe Company is today run by a fourth generation under Carl-August Seibel.
Sebald wrote the book in German and wrote it in 1992, nearly after 40 years of the great war and the Nazi terror. His intended audience originally was the German public (why else he wrote it in German).