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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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Figures in the Frame

by Walter Nicklin

One thing we\'ve learned from the past year and a half is that slowing down and staying in one place for a while isn\'t always so bad. This is what Walter Nicklin learned while spending his quarantine in coastal Maine, where he goes each summer. “Coronavirus reframes everything, and I’m now thinking the previously unthinkable: that other people’s presence actually enhances the view,” he wrote. “They and I are now sharing not only the same prospect but also a common enemy.”

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