Werner Gundersheimer is director emeritus of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Werner Gundersheimer
Frankfurt, Farewell
A family escaped the Nazis in 1939, finding refuge in America, but its hardships were far from over
by Werner Gundersheimer | Monday, September 08, 2014
The Paper Chase
Years of tireless collecting led to one of the world’s great libraries
by Werner Gundersheimer | Monday, June 08, 2015
A Mother’s Secret
The images in a treasured photo album preserve an idealized past, while leaving out the painful story of a family torn apart by the Holocaust