Claire Goll

Overview

Claire Goll (née Aischman) born in Nuremberg, Germany October 29, 1890 (d. 1977). Franco-German pacifist; poet and novelist; journalist; opposed World War I.

Quotations

"The man was the brain, but women were the heart of the world. And yet we were silent. . . We bear the greater guilt." ("The Wax Hand", 1918, in Ingrid Sharp "Blaming the Women"; photo Jewish Women Ency.)