Max donated a former bank elevator and brother
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- The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family whole source · open book
Max donated a former bank elevator and brother Fritz a candelabra from the stairway. At the May 1926 dedication, visitors passed beneath the word Mnemosyne—the Greek goddess of memory—which was emblazoned above the front entrance.38 Above the door of the lecture hall, Aby put a photographic blowup of a fresco detail, showing a criminal bursting from his ropes and escaping with his life—an image pregnant with autobiographical meaning.
chapter: 18 - A Season in Hell