Three Women from Germany
A literary collage
"You only lose what you don't dare." (Bettina von Arnim)
History is written by men – at least that's the impression given by history books. Women only appear as marginal figures in them; or in the company of famous men.
The achievements of women were not only ignored by male chroniclers - they were also always accomplished under difficult conditions: poor educational opportunities, limited career options, dependence on spouses, health risks due to frequent pregnancies, lack of public recognition. Many reasons could be named.
History told from a female perspective is narrated in the quiet literary revue "Three Women from Germany". Two hundred years of German history - observed through the life stories of three female writers.
Erika Mann, who, with her ensemble "Pfeffermühle," her sharp-tongued political cabaret in Zurich, created nightly uproar with Swiss Nazi sympathizers, evolved over the course of her life from a pleasure-seeking bohemian to a politically thinking and active woman. Decades earlier, the provocative appearances of the great poet Else Lasker-Schüler, the Jewish writer expelled from the German Reich, were equally daring. And Bettina von Arnim, neé Brentano, challenged the bourgeois and aristocratic establishment of her time with her social criticisms and her commitment to the poor and oppressed – simultaneously engaging in spirited conversations with famous contemporaries in the Berlin salon of Rahel Varnhagen.
Passionately lived lives, intertwined. Amusing and poignant. Contrasts and parallels. A quiet, captivating literary collage.
Erika Mann, who, with her ensemble "Pfeffermühle," her sharp-tongued political cabaret in Zurich, created nightly uproar with Swiss Nazi sympathizers, evolved over the course of her life from a pleasure-seeking bohemian to a politically thinking and active woman. Similarly provocative were the audacious appearances decades earlier of the great poet Else Lasker-Schüler, the Jewish writer expelled from the German Reich. And Bettina von Arnim, neé Brentano, challenged the bourgeois and aristocratic establishment of her time with her social criticisms and her commitment to the poor and oppressed – simultaneously engaging in spirited conversations with famous contemporaries in the Berlin salon of Rahel Varnhagen.
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