![]() And, in recognition of the new postwar order, Ina Seidel reminisced often about her "Jewish friend, Gertrud Kolmar" up until her death in 1974. Streets, Gymnasiums, elementary schools were named after her in West Germany. There is no record that Ina Seidel ever inquired about her friend or tried to intervene on her behalf.Īfter the war, Seidel's fame only grew. Two years later she and the other Jewish workers were rounded up at the plant and sent to Auschwitz where they were murdered. Not more than a castle made of steel and stone,Īnd is this not a sanctuary we hold dear -Ī short time after this celebration, Ina Seidel's friend Gertrud Kolmar was sent to work as a slave laborer in a Nazi munitions plant. ![]() Who could refuse to lift his eyes, filled with trust? Who could not - overwhelmed - bow his head? (In gold and scarlet, with a solemn silence, Nicht mehr als eine Burg aus Stahl und Stein, Published Updated Lynn Shelton, the acclaimed director of Humpday, Sword of Trust and numerous other independent films, died on Friday at a hospital in Los Angeles. Wer hebt den Blick nicht voll Vertrauen auf? Wer will das Haupt nicht überwältigt neigen? In Gold und Scharlach, feierlich mit Schweigen, Here is a piece she wrote for Hitler's birthday in 1939: But she also wrote ecstatic poems and hymns to fuel the Nazi Führerkult. In her works she depicted the Nazi ideal of the feminine: the stoic mother of the German front soldier. Seidel became the most popular woman author in the Third Reich. In this connection she mentioned a very famous German woman author who was living in Berlin (Ina Seidel)). ( Gertrud Kolmar complained to me about the sudden change of heart of her "Aryan" friends who had championed her work. eine der bekanntestenĭeutschen Schriftstellerinnen, die m.E.in Berlin wohnhaft war." Ihrer 'arischen' Bekannten, die zuvor für ihre Arbeiten eingetreten "G.K.beklagte sich auch bei mir über den plötzlichen Gesinnungswechsel She complained bitterly to her friend Karl Josef Keller, who recalled in his recollections of Gertrud Kolmar: Gertrud Kolmar was devastated by the turn of events and the attitude of her erstwhile "friend". Ina Seidel threw her lot in with Hitler, and broke off all contact with Kolmar (as well as with the half-Jewish Langgässer). Unfortunately Herz zum Hafen was released in 1933, just after the Nazi seizure of power in Berlin. Frauengedichte der Gegenwart - which included four key poems by Gertrud Kolmar and brought her to the attention of the broad reading public. Together with Elisabeth Langgässer she published an anthology of poetry by women - Herz zum Hafen. Ina Seidel became acquainted with Gertrud in Berlin and wanted to use her considerable influence to promote her poetry. One was the bestselling author Ina Seidel, who achieved celebrity status in Germany with the publication of her novel Das Wunschkind (The Wanted Child) in 1930. But she did have some influential fans early in her writing career. A few days ago I wrote about the the lyric poet Gertrud Kolmar (pictured on the right above) who was virtually unknown in her short life, and even today does not receive the recognition she deserves for her powerful poems.
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