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

From: Sylvie Gsell <gsell.sylvie_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 20:17:19 +0100
To: Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
Reply-To: Sylvie Gsell <gsell.sylvie_at_gmail.com>

Leon Blum was interred (March 1943-April 1945)in a little wooden house near the Buchenwald camp and survived with her wife.
His brother René Blum died in Auschwitz.
Sylvie

Envoyé de mon iPad

> Le 7 janv. 2014 à 17:33, Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> a écrit :
>
> 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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