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Werner Gundersheimer

Werner Gundersheimer is director emeritus of the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Frankfurt, Farewell

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

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

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

by Werner Gundersheimer | Thursday, August 25, 2011

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The Sound of Tinseltown

by Adam Baer

The violinist Toscha Seidel has been in the news lately, with the emergence of his Stradivarius, which the online auction house Tarisio is offering to the highest bidder. According to speculation, the violin might fetch as much as $20 million. Who was Seidel and what made his artistry so singular? Read Adam Baer’s article from our Winter 2018 issue.

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