The diaries

Käthe Kollwitz was one of the great artists of the century. She was a keen and engaged witness of her time. The thirty-five years of life that we experience up close in her diary encompass three German empires and two world wars. We read about the fears of a mother for her family, the doubts and suffering related to her artistic work. And we follow the tumultuous political biography of this extraordinary woman - from revolutionary exuberance to critical distance. Personal experiences merge in this book to create a document of unique intensity.