When does the event start?

The reading with music begins on 18.09.2026 at 7:00 PM.

Where is the evening taking place?

The venue is Schloss Sassanfahrt in Hirschaid, Schloßplatz 1.

How much is the entry fee?

Entry is free, donations are appreciated.

Is the event solely a reading?

It is a reading with music featuring Barbara Wolf and Steffi Zachmeier.

Are there accessibility details?

For the venue, barrier-free access is noted in the surroundings of the building; details for the specific event should be checked in advance.

Can you park on site?

There are no parking spaces at the castle itself. Parking is recommended at the sports field of ASV Sassanfahrt on Heimstraße or behind the cemetery on Adam-Krapp-Straße.

Jewish Poetry, Music, and Memory in a Quiet Evening Full of Strength

Name: Jewish Women Poets
Start: 2026-09-18T21:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-18T23:00:00+02:00
Location: Schloss Sassanfahrt

An evening for the quiet, strong voices of Jewish poetry

With Jewish Women Poets, the audience at Schloss Sassanfahrt can look forward to a literary experience that intertwines language, music, and memory. The reading featuring Barbara Wolf and Steffi Zachmeier focuses on those authors whose poems are among the most impressive testimonies of German-speaking poetry from the 20th century.

Words and music in dialogue

The evening combines reading and musical interpretation into a dense, atmospheric meeting with the authors. In the interplay of voice and sound, a special reading atmosphere unfolds: condensed verses, clear tones, concentrated attention. Thus, literature becomes an immediate, sensory experience.

Jewish poetry as cultural memory

The event highlights a significant lyrical tradition shaped by exile, identity, loss, and poetic self-assertion. Names like Mascha Kaléko, Rose Ausländer, Gertrud Kolmar, Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, Nelly Sachs, and Else Lasker-Schüler represent a literary quality that continues to shape cultural discourse today. Their poems illustrate how closely intertwined language art and historical experience are.

A place with quiet resonance

Schloss Sassanfahrt offers the perfect setting: a cultural and educational center with a historical aura that fosters intimate events and focused listening. The atmosphere promises closeness instead of distance, exchange instead of mere presentation. Those who want to not only read literature but feel it in space will find the right place here.

What makes this evening special

Barbara Wolf and Steffi Zachmeier open access to poems that are at once delicate and resistant, personal and political with their reading. The connection of lecture and music makes the poetic voices experientially new and invites attendees to discover Jewish poetry as a living contemporary literature.

Conclusion: This evening promises a profound encounter with great poetry, fine musical accompaniment, and a quiet, concentrated reading atmosphere. Anyone who wants to experience language in all its depth should attend this event live.