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Gertrud Kolmar
1894–1943
- Nationality
- German Reich
- Occupation
- poet
Gertrud Käthe Chodziesner (10 December 1894 â March 1943), known by the literary pseudonym Gertrud Kolmar, was a German lyric poet and writer.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Zigeunerlager AuschwitzDates unknown
Biography
Gertrud Käthe Chodziesner (10 December 1894 â March 1943), known by the literary pseudonym Gertrud Kolmar, was a German lyric poet and writer. 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.
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