This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Soviet-German Writer, American Studies Scholar and Editor, Wife of Lev Kopelev, Germanic Scholar, Writer and Human Rights Defender
"Beliefs and convictions reach out from the past, and they cannot be altered by fervent desire alone. They possess their own logic and illogic, their own organic existence, their own rhythm of development."