Quote of the day
Only this incident inseparable every custom must have, viz., that it be consonant to reason; for how long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
Anna Seghers
Born: November 19, 1900
Died: June 1, 1983 (aged 82)
Bio: Anna Seghers was a German writer famous for depicting the moral experience of the Second World War. The pseudonym Anna Seghers was apparently based on the surname of the Dutch painter and printmaker Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers or Segers.
Known for:
- Transit Visa (1944)
- The Seventh Cross (1942)
- Der Ausflug der toten Mädchen (1946)
- Der Kopflohn (1933)
- Aufstand der Fischer von St. Barbara (1929)