Finding My Place in the World

Finding My Place in the World

Inge Schaefer Horton was born in Hannover, Germany, and grew up in Hamburg and North Rhine-Westphalia during, and after, World War II.

After graduation, Inge studied architecture at the Technical Universities of Hannover and Berlin, where approximately 10% of students were women. After graduating as a Diplom Ingenieur in 1965, Inge worked at the TU Berlin as a Research Associate and wrote her first book, Early Modern Architecture in Berlin.

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Oral History and Poetry Reading
Poetry, Hamburg J B Poetry, Hamburg J B

Oral History and Poetry Reading

October 23, 2011

Angelika Quirk was born during World War II, in Hamburg, Germany. Her childhood was spent in this metropolis, a city flattened by war and ravaged by hunger. German culture, along with the Angst of post-war experiences and working through the trauma of the Holocaust, impacts her poetry.

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