Photograph of Helmut Hirsch's gravestone in Stuttgart, undated

Item Information

Title:
Photograph of Helmut Hirsch's gravestone in Stuttgart, undated
Description:
It was a popular practice in Europe to take photographs of monuments, tombstones and portraits and the photographer would create postcards. This postcard which bears the image of Helmut Hirsch's grave in Stuttgart could be used as a memorabilia. Kate (Catherine Sugarman) has provided a translation of the text that is found on her brother's tombstone. The text "König über sich selber sein" (To be King over yourself) comes from a poem that Hirsch used as an introduction to his last diary. Kate has noted that Hirsch's last diary is missing. Kate has provided a complete translation of the poem. She also notes that the image on the tombstone is the symbol for the Jungenschaft (dj.1.11.).
Photographer:
Heim, Arthur
Translator:
Sugarman, Catherine M., 1917-2016
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
graphic
Card photographs
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Special Collections Storage: Box 6 Folder 3 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Helmut Hirsch Collection
Series:
Series VI. Photographs, 1921-1936
Subjects:
Sepulchral monuments--Germany--Photographs
Sepulchral monuments--Germany
Hirsch, Helmut. 1916-1937
Deutsche Jungenschaft (Organization)
Extent:
1 note ; 22 cm. x 14 cm.
Link to Item:
https://hdl.handle.net/10192/51289
Terms of Use:
Open Access
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Place of origin:
Stuttgart
Language:
German
Notes:
Photographer has stamped the backside and this includes the address.
Notes (date):
Unknown
Unknown
Notes (funding):
Digitization funded by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Identifier:
MWalB02140_112