Souvenir typescript in German of the poem 'Toward Peace,' one page both sides, 5.5 x 6.75, dated Easter 1945, signed and inscribed at the conclusion in fountain pen, "Greetings to Mr. H. C. Bodner, from H. Hesse." The poem begins (translated), "Walking from hateful nightmares and bloody frenzy,/ Blind still, and deaf / From the fries and deadly uproar of war, / Inured to all the horrors, / The exhausted warriors abandon their weapons, / Leave off from their frightful tasks." Matted and framed with glass on both sides and a translation to an overall size of 16.5 x 11.5. In fine condition, with a block of light toning from prior display.
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