Notable Lesbians
First, let me say “HAPPY COMING OUT DAY!” Tomorrow, I will write a special Come Out & Play post to celebrate today’s day. On to the task at hand …
This week’s Notable Lesbian is:
Felice Rahel Schragenheim
March 9, 1922 - December 31, 1944
Felice Schragenheim was a Jewish resistance fighter during WWII. She is known for her tragic love story with Lilly Wust and death during a march from Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Poland to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany.
Her relationship with Wust is a story for the ages, as Wust was married to a German soldier and the mother of four children. Wust fell in love with Schragenheim’s strength and charisma. They exchanged many poems with one another, expressing their deep affection. In one of the poems, the nicknames they chose to call one another emerged as Aimee & Jaguar. Lilly Wust lived in Berlin till the day of her death on March 31, 2006.
Interesting tid bit:
The story of the relationship between Schragenheim and Wust is portrayed in the 1999 film Aimée & Jaguar, and in a book of the same name by Erica Fischer. The tagline of the film, “Love Transcends Death,” underscores how the book and film serve as sentimental memorials to Felice Schragenheim. However, the life of Lilly Wust is a paradigm of sorts for contemporary Germany.
Read a Q&A with the real Lilly Wust.
More Notable Lesbians
If you have a suggestion for a Notable Lesbian, e-maill me at lyndsey.darcangelo@451press.net or use the contact form above and I’ll highlight her in an upcoming post.
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October 12th, 2007 at 10:13 am
[...] Yesterday was the “official” National Coming Out Day, but since Friday’s are reserved for Come Out & Play, I thought I do a little reminiscing today instead. [...]