The diaries

Käthe Kollwitz was one of the great artists of the century, she was a bright and committed witness of her time. The thirty-five years of her life, which we experience first-hand in her diary, encompass three German empires and two world wars. We read about the mother's fears for her family, about the doubts and suffering of her artistic work. And we follow the changing political biography of this extraordinary woman - from revolutionary exuberance to critical distance. In this book, personal experiences merge into a document of unique intensity.