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A fascinating piece of literary detective work about star-crossed lovers in Nazi Germany. Rudolf Kaufmann, a young Jewish geologist, met Ingeborg Magnusson, a young Swedish woman gifted in languages, in Italy in 1935, and the two quickly fell in love. They spent just a few days together before they had to part. He traveled once to see her in Stockholm; she went once to Germany. After that they had to make do with an exchange of letters—ordinary, sad, and dramatic at the same time—telling the story of a love that blossomed under traumatic circumstances. Paper Kisses covers the period from 1935 to 1941, when Rudolf, having fled Nazi Germany for the apparent safety of Lithuania, was to disappear from view. Sixty years later, at a stamp auction, author Reinhard Kaiser bought a packet of envelopes that still held their original handwritten contents. The tale he discovered on the pages of Rudolf's letters to his beloved "Ingelein" immediately captivated Kaiser. How did such precious personal correspondence end up on the auctioneer's table? What became of Ingeborg's letters to Rudolf? Did either of the star-crossed lovers survive the war? Kaiser tracked down photographs, documentary records, and finally living members of the couple's families to fill in the gaps of their story. In Paper Kisses, Kaiser allows the letters to speak for themselves, while providing enough historic context to reveal how remarkable the couple's loyalty, optimism, and resourcefulness were against the backdrop of the harrowing events of World War II. Kaiser's own fascinating literary detective work frames the narrative, as he makes one unexpected find after another. Paper Kisses is both a story of a poignant love affair and a chronicle of a thrilling investigation. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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In 1991 Reinhard Kaiser wins a carton filled with documents at a Frankfurt stamp auction. He finds letters written in 1935 and on, from Rudolph Kaufmann, a young Jewish geologist to Ingeborg Magnusson, a Swedish woman he met in Bologna, while she was vacationing and he was working. He was there because he had been fired from his post at Greifswald University because of the changing political situation due to the Nazi's evil power spreading through much of Europe. Rudy is smitten with Inge and writes to her for the next few years about his job searches, his return to Germany, his "trilobites," and his love for her. Despite travel and money difficulties they manage a few romantic interludes before life takes a turn for the worse.
After reading Rudy's letters, Kaiser considers writing a novel based on these letters, but after researching, finding and interviewing Kaufmann and Magnusson family and friends, he decides to publish the letters as is. Kaufmann's letters are clear and beautiful and stand on their own. Reinhard Kaiser's explanations, research and follow-up allow us to understand the letters in context and complete the story of Rudy and Inge. It is an exquisite time-capsule of war-time love.
How many thousands of love stories are out there that we will never know about? ( )