Colleagues may be interested to know that a commemorative plaque was unveiled on Sunday 21 September on the house in Grossbeeren Str. 82 in Berlin Kreuzberg where Professor Charlotte Jolles of Birkbeck College, London, lived as a child and young woman. She was and remains a leading figure in Fontane studies.

I hope some of you will have the opportunity to go and see it. The Berliner Gedenktafel was made by the KPM Berlin. A fitting tribute.

Helen Chambers

Emeritus Professor of German
University of St Andrews