Das Lied von der Erde with poems by Elisabeth Frischauf
November 2025, saw two Memorable performances of Das Lied von der Erde at the Kurhaus Bad Tölz and Bergson Kulturkraftwerk Theater, Munich Germany
Hear the poems: Truth, Shoot'em, a fragment of Love Lingers on the short video below:, extracted from the complete performance.
This Lied von der Erde is an hour-long woven tapestry in memory of the ending of WW II, of Nazi banned music and writing by those who managed to escape and those who perished. Conceived and directed through a contemporary lens, by Martina Veh, with my voice and poems in Soundscape by Christoph Reiserer. Also performing: Soprano, Stephanie Krug; Actor, Stefan Wilkening; Dancer, Alberto Pagani; Conductor, Maria Fitzgerald.
6 November in Vienna, Austria, unveiling of memorials ; see below invitation.
I, the grandaughter and great niece, will read poems from my book They Clasp My Hand. There are two sites we will honor:
The first where my grandmother Edith Pappenheim and my mother were herded away from. My mother was able to come to the US. My grandmother eventually committed suicide with relatives in Bonn, Germany rather than being dragged to a concentration camp.
The second, my grandmother Klara and her sister Frieda’s last address beore being taken to a holding apartment, shipped to Riga, Latvia and shot into a killing pit,
From the poem “From Ashes” translated by Eich Karner:
Forged from the burnt dead—the great funeral pyre Europe
my stomped, crumpled grandmothers
my mother's hope, scorched crusts.
Countless relatives deleted—
once somewhere, now wisps dangling from the family tree.
Einladung
zur Enthüllung eines Steines der Erinnerung in der Josefstadt
„Geschaffen aus den verbrannten Toten-
dem großen Verbrennungsofen Europa,
meine getretenen, gebrochenen Großmütter,
die Hoffnung meiner Mutter,verbrannte Krusten.
Endlos viele Verwandte ausgelöscht-
Einmal irgendwo, jetzt Fetzen am Familienbaum.“
Elisabeth Frischauf
Mittwoch 6. November 2024,11:00 h
vor dem Haus Lederergasse 22, 1080 Wien
Es sprechen:
Elisabeth Frischauf, Enkelin
Irmtraut Karlsson
für den Verein "Steine der Erinnerung Josefstadt
Danach findet eine weitere Enthüllung
vor dem Hause Penzingerstraße 69,1140 Wien um 13 Uhr statt.
My poem, "Equilibrium," appears in translation by Astrid Nischkauer
In this edition of Zwischenwelt esplores the aftermath of Hamas brutal attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza. The magazine is in German. The poem will appear in my bilingual edition volumes subsequent to They Clasp My Hand, with Book 2: The Lost Notebook, scheduled for Spring 2025
It's here!
Zwischenwelt magazine, 41Jg, Nr 3 2024, August 2024 with three of my poems in translation to German by Astrid Nischkauer
PP. 44-45, “Mama, Papa und ich,” from War Cantos: “Fru4hjahrsbaomben, Ukraine 2023” and “Morgen, vielleicht”
More of my poems published in an anthology, in English/ German
Lyrikerinnen im Exil und Widerstand
Ein Postkartenbuch der Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft. Postkarten und Begleitheft
Gedichte-Postkarten:
Nahid Bagheri-Goldschmied: Der Papierdrache, Die Wandlung, Melodie
Siglinde Bolbecher: [Du wechselnder Mond], Heute, Traurig
Greta Elbogen: Ich habe nur Zeit zu lieben, I Only Have Time To Love, Endlich zusammen, Together At Last, Heimkommen, The Homecoming
Forough Farrokhzad: Inmitten der Dunkelheit
Elisabeth Frischauf: Löcher, Holes, Mein Enkel wartet, My grandson waits
Trude Krakauer: Ballade vom Niewiederland, Luftwurzeln
Anna Krommer: Rückkehr, Die Übersiedlung, Sommersturm
Tamar Radzyner: Fragen, Mimikry, Stern, Meine Hand
Stella Rotenberg: Die Traurigkeit, Der Mensch, Ohne Heimat
Melitta Urbancic: Unter Sternen
Begleitheft
Das Begleitheft gibt der Publikation etwas Bleibendes, auch wenn die Karten sich auf die Reise machen – es umfasst sämtliche Gedichte, die Biografien der Lyrikerinnen, Werkreferenzen und eine Einleitung der Herausgeberin Lydia Mischkulnig.
This is a postcard book. So you can tear out and send the cards with the poems on them. The poems remain in the book inside as well. Both are from They Clasp My Hand, Die meine Hand ergreifen, Theodor Kramer Verlag. Also in an English only book, They Clasp My Hand Amazon/kindle and Draft2Digital
Also on show at the Puffin Cultural Center, Teaneck, NJ: U R Subject 2 Random Search
From Sept 1- December 31, 2024; Opening Reception September 14, 2024 7 PM
A ghazal poem of the same title accompanies the mixed media ceramic piece
10x10x10 inches available for purchase. An interested cultural institution or museum it is to be donated