“A quiet light in the dark night”
Birthday wishes in difficult times
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“Blessed are we if at the end of our days we can also say that we bravely fought throughout our lives, when we can lie down with the awareness of having fairly struggled until the end.”
Dresden/Hildesheim
Sometimes the dark events were even reflected in the tone of birthday greetings. Fritz Schürmann, a Jewish teenager from Hildesheim, and Gerhard Loeffler, a Protestant from Dresden, had been good friends for years. On the occasion of Fritz’s 18th birthday, Gerhard wished him safety, solace, and strength. Untypically for people of so young an age, the friend tries to convince Fritz of the necessity of hard experiences in the life of every human being.
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Institution:
Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin
Collection:
Frank M. Shurman Collection, AR 25219
Original:
Box 2, folder 8
