Re: [Cz-L] The Genesis of Paul Celan's "Todesfuge"

Mimi,

Leon Blum was indeed a prisoner in Buchenwald from March 31,1943 until
April 1945, but for a number of reasons he was accorded a very special
status. With several other "high value" prisoners he lived in a
separate house (perhaps outside of the barbed-wire fence), had more
than adequate food, medical care, fresh French newspapers, radio,
books, etc. His girlfiend, Jeanne Reichenbach, by bribing various
Vichy and German authorities, got a permission to join him in
Buchenwald, where they were married in September 1943 and lived
together in that house.

Iosif

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrote:
> Leon Blum was not just "a man", he was the elected prime minister of France
> during the years 1936-37.
> He was the first Socialist, and the first Jewish premier of France,
> presiding over the Popular Front coalition government.
> He died in 1950, therefore I find it hard to believe
> that he was interred in Buchenwald.
>
> Mimi
>
> On Jan 6, 2014, at 1:15 PM, Galina Kharaz wrote:
>
>> [Please post in Plain Text in the future --thanks]
>>
>> Dear Edgar,
>> I compared the texts of articles by Konstantin Simonov in the newspaper
>> and=
>> in
>> the brochure, which Josif had sent.
>> These texts are almost identical, except for an episode about a man who
>> cal=
>> led
>> himself Leon Blum. Simonov wrote later that it was a mistake, and that
>> Leon
>> Blum was at that time in Buchenwald camp. This is probably why this
>> episode=
>> was
>> excluded from the text of the brochure.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Galina.
>>

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