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"Encounter" Poem, June 1942
Item
Identifier: B333.02.0001.0002.00017
Abstract
An poem by Thekla Stoll circulated among the Jews in Berlin, Germany. The poem speaks of the despair of the Jews' condition and the hope the author sees in the spirit of the Jews. Translation from Henry Lowenstein: "Today I saw 1,000 disturbed people, Today I saw 1,000 Jews, wandering into oblivion, Into the gray of the cold morning drew the condemned Leaving behind what once was their life. They stepped through the gates, glancing back, As they left everything outside, their homeland,...
Dates:
June 1942
"Gedichte von Georg Snlvefter Dierech" or "Poems by Georg Snlvefter Dierech", 1922, 1950
Item
Identifier: B333.08.0014.00001
Scope and Contents
German poetry book with green fabric cover; heavily faded on the binding. Book is inscribed "For Katinka from Sylvester A.D. 1950 Westbrook, Conn." Presumably Maria Lowenstein acquired the book while she was living in the Northeast. She did have art shows in Connecticut.
Dates:
1922; Event: 1950