{"id":14937,"date":"2026-02-19T23:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/?p=14937"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:41:30","slug":"stage-3-at-the-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/theater\/stage-3-at-the-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 3: At the Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row type=”vc_default” gap=”35″][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”14978″ img_size=”full” css=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]For K\u00e4the Kollwitz and her sister Lisbeth (1870\u20131963), later married to Georg Stern (1867\u20131934), the theater had been a constant presence since childhood. In K\u00f6nigsberg, they loved to perform classical dramas and plays they had written themselves using paper theater puppets. Their children \u2013 the two Kollwitz sons (Hans, 1892\u20131970, and Peter, 1896\u20131914) and the four Stern daughters (Regula, 1894\u20131980, Johanna, 1896\u20131988, Katharina, 1897\u20131984, and Maria, 1907\u20131993) \u2013 also enjoyed performing plays together, sometimes involving members of the older generation in private family performances.<\/p>\n

However, they also enjoyed attending public performances, including productions that are now considered historically significant. Konrad Schmidt (1863\u20131932), the artist’s brother, was a theater critic and frequently received premier tickets, often inviting his sisters’ families. Here, we reconstruct some of the visual impressions that K\u00e4the Kollwitz gathered during her many documented theater visits.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”vc_default” full_width=”stretch_row” gap=”35″ content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1770821468858{background-color: #80152A !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”white-h3 white-p”]<\/p>\n

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