Dear Ingrid,

Monika Maron speaks of her red-haired aunt Marta in her Familiengeschichte
Pawels Briefe ("die bleichhäutige, schwächliche Marta mit den roten Haaren",
p. 57.) The author also describes how she cannot help but think of her
grandfather Pawel as a red-haired man, even if she knows from her mother
that his hair was in fact rather dark. She relates her image of him first to
the reddish photographs she knows him from and secondly to the old saying
that there was at least one red-haired person in every Jewish family.

Best regards & good luck with the paper,
Elke Gilson

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Elke Gilson
Vakgroep Duits (Letterkunde)
Universiteit Gent
Blandijnberg 2
B-9000 Gent
België
tel. +32 (0)9/264.40.91.
fax +32 (0)9/264.89.99.
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Sent: 13 June 2000 15:02
Subject: Rothaarige Frauen!


> Dear Colleagues,
> I am putting together a paper on the portrayal of red-haired women in the
> literature of German-speaking countries and would be most grateful for any
> suggestions!  Red-haired men and children are also of interest as are
> references in non-German literature or other media.  Thanks in advance.
> Ingrid
>
> Ingrid Sharp,
> Dept of German,
> University of Leeds,
> Leeds LS2 9JT
> tel: 0113 233 3508/9
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