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Gertrud Kolmar
German poet and writer (–)
Gertrud Kolmar | |
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| Born | ()10 December Berlin, Germany |
| Died | March (aged 48) |
| Pen name | Gertrud Kolmar |
| Occupation | |
| Parents | Ludwig Chodziesner Elise Schoenflies |
| Relatives | Walter Benjamin (cousin) |
Gertrud Käthe Chodziesner (10 December – March ), known by the literary pseudonym Gertrud Kolmar, was a German lyric poet and writer.
Gertrud kolmar biography of martin
She was born in Berlin and was murdered, after her arrest and deportation as a Jew, in Auschwitz, a victim of the Nazi's "Final Solution". Though she was a cousin of Walter Benjamin, little is known of her life. She is considered one of the finest poets in the German language.[1]
Life
Gertrud Kolmar came from an assimilated middle-class German Jewish family.
Her father, Ludwig Chodziesner, was a criminal defense lawyer. Her mother, Elise Chodziesner (née Schoenflies), came from an intellectual mercantile family.[2] The oldest of four siblings,[2] she g