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Austrian-born Antoinette von Kahler (1862-1951) wrote several children’s books in the early 20th century. At the beginning of Nazi rule in Germany, she and her son Erich escaped, arriving eventually in the United States, where they settled in Princeton, New Jersey, in proximity to their friends Thomas Mann, Albert Einstein, Erwin Panofsky, Hermann Broch, and other German intellectuals, who met at the “Kahler-Kreis” (Kahler-Circle) in the Kahlers’ home. Antoinette Kahler took up embroidery and designed silks with biblical themes and Jewish iconography.

Alice ("Lili") Loewy Kahler was the wife of the literary scholar Erich von Kahler. The couple met in Princeton and were friends with Albert Einstein.

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Kahler, Alice von: Head of Antoinette von Kahler (1862-1951), Leo Baeck Institute, 83.165.