Tracing Debora Vogel in Vienna and Lviv Cover Image

Wiedeńskie i lwowskie ślady Debory Vogel
Tracing Debora Vogel in Vienna and Lviv

Author(s): Piotr Szalsza
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Polish Literature, Source Material
Published by: Fundacja Terytoria Książki
Keywords: bruno schulz;debora vogel;

Summary/Abstract: A report on research conducted in Vienna and Lviv archives to locate information onDebora Vogel’s family and her young years: her exile in Vienna in 1914–1918, her educationat the Realgymnasium at Albertgasse 38 (one of Vienna’s best and most moderneducational institutions), and her studies at the John Casimir University (Pol. UniwersytetJana Kazimierza) in Lviv in 1919–1924. The documents and facts presented in the articlecontribute to a reconstruction of the historical and cultural context in which the futurewriter’s mind was formed. Records such as school registers and Vogel’s student book alsogive an insight into the process of crystallization of her specific interests, which werelater developed in her literary and critical work. Considering her tragic fate, in the caseof Deborah Vogel, every new finding is particularly significant.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 194-214
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish