Hety Schmitt-Maass

Biography


Hedwig (Hety) Schmitt-Maass (1918-1983), German journalist, politician, librarian of Wiesbaden, started to correspond with Primo Levi in 1966, after she read Ist das ein Mensch?, and introduced Levi to Jean Améry and Ferdinand Meyer. Levi portraits her in the last chapter of I sommersi e i salvati.

Correspondence


Hedwig (Hety) Schmitt-Maass (1918-1983), German journalist, politician, librarian of Wiesbaden, started to correspond with Primo Levi in 1966, after she read Ist das ein Mensch?, and introduced Levi to Jean Améry and Ferdinand Meyer. Levi portraits her in the last chapter of I sommersi e i salvati.

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Letters by Hety Schmitt-Maass


Letters to Hety Schmitt-Maass


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