{"id":559,"date":"2017-05-08T15:07:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T15:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/documents\/prewar\/torn-report-card-copy\/"},"modified":"2018-05-14T20:57:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T20:57:31","slug":"letters-to-lotte","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/documents\/pre-war-life\/personal-documents\/letters-to-lotte\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to Lotte, 1938"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"makeFlex\">\n<p><a class=\"foobox\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter1-1.jpg\" rel=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-491\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter1-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter1-1-199x300.jpg 199w, 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size-medium wp-image-492\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter1-2-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter1-2-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter1-2-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter1-2-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter1-2-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter1-2-772x1165.jpg 772w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter1-2-815x1230.jpg 815w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter1-2-127x192.jpg 127w, 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https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter2-1-772x1165.jpg 772w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter2-1-815x1230.jpg 815w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter2-1-127x192.jpg 127w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter2-1.jpg 2037w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"foobox\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter2-2.jpg\" rel=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-494\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter2-2-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter2-2-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter2-2-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter2-2-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter2-2-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter2-2-772x1165.jpg 772w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter2-2-815x1230.jpg 815w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter2-2-127x192.jpg 127w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/05\/letter2-2.jpg 2037w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5><b>German transliteration<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prag, 8. August 38.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Liebe Lotte,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beinahe w\u00e4re mir wieder das \u201cLottekind\u201d aus der Feder geflossen &#8211; und das w\u00fcrde ich mir doch allm\u00e4hlich abgew\u00f6hnen m\u00fcssen. \u00a0Kann und darf man denn eine w\u00fcrdige Ehefrau so respektlos anreden? Genug, wenn man es bei einer Sekret\u00e4rin wagt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aber dieses \u201cLottekind\u201d, dass ist doch der einzige, richtige Ausdruck f\u00fcr meine Gedanken. Es ist, als w\u00fcrde eine kleine Schwester von mir heiraten, oder eine gro\u00dfe Tochter. Und darum will ich es nicht beim Gedicht bewenden lassen, sondern auch noch ein richtiggehendes Gratulationsschreiben loslassen. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trotzdem soll nichts darin stehen von all den herzlichen und pr\u00e4chtigen W\u00fcnschen, die viele andern in der n\u00e4chsten Tagen \u00fcber Ihren __ aussch\u00fctten werden. Ich will Ihnen nur noch schliesslich sagen, wie unendlich ich mich dar\u00fcber freuen, dass Sie einen Mann gefunden haben, wie er zu Ihnen passt &#8211; dann das war keine Kleinigkeit. Die Menschen bestimmen zu &#8211; doch ihr Schicksal zum gro\u00dfen Teil selbst &#8211; ich bin gl\u00fccklich, dass Sie von diesem Selbstbestimmungsrecht so guten Gebrauch gemacht haben. Darum __ ich mit all den hergebrachten W\u00fcnschen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Muss ich eigentlich noch betonen, dass ihnen auch in Zukunft mein nicht immer angenehmer aber immer gutgemeinter Rat zur Verf\u00fcgung steht? Und dass ich mich immer als Freund, oder im Sinne der Gesagten als \u201cgro\u00dfer Bruder\u201d f\u00fchlen wurde und auf so (betrachtet) werden m\u00f6chte; auch wann sich das Lottekind inzwischen in eine Lottefrau verwandelt hat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Was noch? Viele freundlichen Gratulationsgr\u00fc\u00dfe Ihrer Mutter und dem Br\u00e4utigam. Und f\u00fcr Sie einer kr\u00e4ftigen und aufrichtigen Handedruck von Ihrem <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zum 11. August, 1938<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Da sieht man, wie sie vergeht, die Zeit:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wie lang ist\u2019s her, das in Pepitakleid<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Die kleine Wotizky mit Zittern und Beben<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sich in Fr\u00e4ulein Hartigs Schule begeben;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ein sch\u00fcchternes M\u00e4del mit Wuschelhaar. &#8211; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Und jetzt sie schon zum Frauenalter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ja, ja! Aus vorgestern wird pl\u00f6tzlich heute<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Und aus Kindern wurden Eheleute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So ging es, so geht es allerwegen,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gibt nur die besorgte Mutter den Segen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Es ist halt ein <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kreuz<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> mit diesen Kindern: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sie lassen sich nicht am heiraten finden.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Doch der Freund, der an das Kommende denkt,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hat den Schrift zum Astrologen gelenkt,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dass dieser ihm f\u00fcr die beiden leute<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gewissenhaft die Zukunft deute. &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">der Sterndeuter zog hintern Ofenrohr <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Folianten, Tabellen und \u00e4hnliches vor,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Studierte hin und studierte her<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Und bl\u00e4tterte in den B\u00fcchern schwer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dann rief er, die Ehe w\u00fcrd wunderbar <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">klappen<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. &#8211; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Und ich soll, das honorar gleich berappen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">doch ich hab noch lang nicht die B\u00f6rse gezogen, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sondern Beweise verlangt, dass er nicht gelogen;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">denn\u2019s ist Vorsicht geboten bei solchem Herrn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">da erz\u00e4hlt er mir was von einem gl\u00fccklichen Stern,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Worauf ich ihn f\u00fcrchterlich x:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zu der Weisheit f\u00fchlt ich grad ihn gebraucht.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">doch apropos da f\u00e4llt mir ein:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">diese <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dichter <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mischen sich in alles drein.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Und so hat sich, was meine Behauptung bekr\u00e4ftigt, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Einer l\u00e4ngst schon mit Lottes Hochzeit besch\u00e4ftigt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sprach klug, wie ein Dichter eben spricht! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDie Sterne, die begehrt man nicht.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Doch der Obergescheite hat mich erkl\u00e4rt,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Was man tut, wenn der Stern einen begehrt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Das weiss ich nat\u00fcrlich jetzt ganz genau: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Man geht einfach hin und<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> wied<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> seine Frau.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Und da wir schon beim Himmel sind,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Verrate ich ein Geheimnis geschwind:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ich entdeckt\u2019 n\u00e4mlich ohne Astrolog zu sein:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In der Hochzeitsnacht gibt es Vollmondschein.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Und kann\u2019s wohl ein besseres Vorzeichen geben<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">f\u00fcr zweier Menschen Eheleben?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ich glaube nicht. Und darum scheint es mir klar: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Die Ehe wird wirklich wunderbar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Immer still und licht und voller Frieden,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wie Mondn\u00e4chte, die Verliebten beschieden;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Und l\u00e4chelnd und heiter und strahlend froh &#8211; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zumindest wunsch ich es aufrichtig so. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><b>Translation<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prague, August 8, 1938.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dear Lotte,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I nearly caught the word \u201cLottekind\u201d flowing from my pen &#8211; a habit I will soon have to give up. Can and should one be allowed to address someone else\u2019s wife so disrespectfully? It\u2019s enough to risk it with a secretary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But \u201cLottekind\u201d is nevertheless the only appropriate expression of my thoughts. It is as if my younger sister or grown-up daughter is getting married. And that\u2019s why I won\u2019t content myself with only writing a poem, but also a regular letter of congratulations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But I won\u2019t include any of the conventional heartfelt wishes which others will flood you with over the next few the days. I only want to say how very happy I am that you have found a man who suits you so well &#8211; because that\u2019s no small thing. People have the right to self-determination &#8211; for the most part we even determine our own fates &#8211; and I am glad that you have made such good use of this right. And that is enough with all the conventional words of congratulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do I even have to say that my not always welcome but always well-meaning advice will always be at your disposal? And that I always will consider myself your friend, or as I have said previously, your \u201cbig brother\u201d, and would like to be thought of the same way, even when Lottekind has transformed into a Lottefrau.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What else? My sincere congratulations to your mother and the groom. And for you, a strong and sincere handshake from your <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Name illegible]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For August 11, 1938<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Look how quickly the years fly by:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How long has it been since Little Wotizky<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quivering and shaking, in her shephard\u2019s dress, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Walked into Miss Hartigs class;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A shy little girl with curly hair &#8211; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And now already a woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Well, well! Yesterday has become today, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And children have become husband and wife.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So it was, so it will always be,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just give your blessing to the worried mother.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(It is always such trouble with these children:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They find it so hard to get married.) <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A friend, thinking of what is to come, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Directed this writing to an astrologer,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who could precisely divine the future <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the happy couple. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The astrologer reached behind his stove pipe<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And drew out folios, tables, and other such things,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Studied here and studied there,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And paged through the books with difficulty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then he proclaimed that the marriage will turn out wonderfully<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And I should cough up his fee at once. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But before I handed over my wallet<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I demanded proof that he had not lied:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because caution is needed with such gentlemen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then he told me about a lucky star,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I felt I needed his wisdom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But suddenly it occurred to me: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Poets interfere in everything. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And, confirming my suspicion,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One had addressed Lotte\u2019s wedding long ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He spoke intelligently, like a poet speaks!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOne shouldn\u2019t covet the stars.\u201d* <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But the Know-It-All explained to me,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What to do when the stars covet you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of course I now know that perfectly well:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You go and find yourself a wife! <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And now that we\u2019re on the topic of heaven, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019ll quickly reveal a secret: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I discovered, without being an astrologer: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will be a shining full moon on the wedding night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And can there be a better omen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For a couple\u2019s wedded life?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I don\u2019t think so. And that\u2019s why it\u2019s clear to me: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The marriage will be truly wonderful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Always calm and bright and full of peace,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like moonlit nights for a pair of lovers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And smiling and serenely and radiantly happy &#8211; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At least I sincerely wish it so. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a quote from Goethe\u2019s poem \u201cTrost in Tr\u00e4nen.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Translated by Sofia Sheri, Smith College \u201918]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German transliteration Prag, 8. August 38. Liebe Lotte, Beinahe w\u00e4re mir wieder das \u201cLottekind\u201d aus der Feder geflossen &#8211; und das w\u00fcrde ich mir doch allm\u00e4hlich abgew\u00f6hnen m\u00fcssen. \u00a0Kann und darf man denn eine w\u00fcrdige Ehefrau so respektlos anreden? Genug, wenn man es bei einer Sekret\u00e4rin wagt. Aber dieses \u201cLottekind\u201d, dass ist doch der einzige, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/documents\/pre-war-life\/personal-documents\/letters-to-lotte\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Letter to Lotte, 1938<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":595,"featured_media":494,"parent":1182,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-559","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/595"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1834,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/559\/revisions\/1834"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/terezin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}