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    Title

  • Hindenburg Cross awarded to Ernst Lissauer

  • Physical Description

    1 medal : Iron cross on ribbon ; 4.5" x 1.25" , 11.5 x 3.0 cm

  • Date

    circa 1934

  • Summary

    Memorial Cross, 1914-1918, awarded to Ernst Lissauer

  • Subject

    Military decorations; Medals; World War, 1914-1918, Medals, Germany

  • Medium

    Military decorations

  • Part Of

    Ernst Lissauer Collection, AR 25209

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

The poet and playwright Ernst Lissauer was born 1882, in Berlin. In 1914, at the beginning of World War I, he wrote “Hassgesang gegen England” (‘Song of Hate against England’), the poem that brought him most fame. In 1923, Lissauer moved to Vienna, where he died in 1937.

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Citation

Hindenburg Cross awarded to Ernst Lissauer, Leo Baeck Institute, 2006.5.