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Gertrud Kolmar

Gertrud Kolmar

Gertrud Käthe Chodziesner, known by the literary pseudonym Gertrud Kolmar, was a German lyric poet and writer. 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.

Born1894-12-10, Berlin, German Reich
Died1943-03, Auschwitz concentration camp
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