Vera Lachmann

However, due to the bias against women in the field of tertiary education, she trained instead to teach at the Gymnasium (secondary school) level.

[1] The school, which was held on the property of Lachmann's relatives, was closed by Nazi officials shortly after Kristallnacht in 1938.

[1] Castrum Peregrini Press published three volumes of her poetry, which were heavily influenced by Ancient Greek literature, in both German and (translated) English.

The camp's focus was a balance of recreation and the arts, and each year Lachmann directed the young campers in a play,[1] some of which were by William Shakespeare.

[1] Lachmann died in January 1985 at Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center in Manhattan.