Thanks, Naomi. I’m delighted both with the outcome for Fred Weil, as well as with the sheer collegiality that the request evinced. Up with that sort of thing!
Rachel
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Sent: Tuesday 8 October 2019 09:45
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Subject: My request yesterday about difficult handwriting - THANK YOU and this is now closed
Dear All
I am writing again to send warmest thanks to the following, who agreed to look at this difficult text: Rachel, Iman, Anja, Brigitte, Klaus, Scott
(who set up a googledoc: great idea!), Christiane, Jean, Kai, Dorothea, David, Alexander – and most especially to Dan Wilson, who has managed to decipher most of it and has now sent his version to Fred Weil, who has asked me to convey his gratitude and close
the ‘search’.
Thank you!
Naomi
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From: Naomi Segal
Sent: 07 October 2019 13:08
To: german-studies
Cc: 'Fred Weil'
Subject: Can anyone read rather difficult handwriting in German?
Dear All
Mindful that german-studies does not accept attachments, I am writing to all you knowledgeable people with a query from an acquaintance, Fred Weil.
His mother was in Theresienstadt and while she was there she wrote a diary on the back of family photographs. He has sent me one by attachment – it contains ca 11 lines, written in pencil, but he has enhanced the contrast.
Unfortunately I’m afraid it is beyond my capabilities, as her handwriting is pretty difficult. If anyone enjoys a challenge and is good at deciphering,
would you be willing to have a look?
I have copied Fred in, so if you are interested, could you reply-all?
Thanks and looking forward to a typically helpful german-studies response!
Naomi
Prof Naomi Segal
Visiting Professor in French & German Studies
Dept of Cultures & Languages, School of Arts
Birkbeck, University of London
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