'The Legend of Baal Shem', by Martin Buber gives beautiful images. I have read some chapters from it and the 'Werewolf' among others, has been written very beautifully." - Meaning and context.">
Het boek [De Legende van Baalschem, van Martin Buber] geeft overigens prachtige beelden. Ik heb er eenige hoofdstukken uit gelezen en de Werwolf o.a. is zeldzaam mooi geschreven.
 • In a letter [nr. 7] to August Henkels, 17 February 1941; as cited in H. N. Werkman - Leven & Werk - 1882-1945, ed. A. de Vries, J. van der Spek, D. Sijens, M. Jansen; WBooks, Groninger Museum / Stichting Werkman, 2015 (transl: Fons Heijnsbroek), p. 194
 • August Henkel borrowed Werkman the book early 1941; soon the idea arose by both to make a publication of it, with images and short texts
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Moreover the book 'The Legend of Baal Shem', by Martin Buber gives beautiful images. I have read some chapters from it and the 'Werewolf' among others, has been written very beautifully.

— Hendrik Werkman

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Moreover the book 'The Legend of Baal Shem', by Martin Buber gives beautiful images. I have read some chapters from it and the 'Werewolf' among others, has been written very beautifully." in the context of "Het boek [De Legende van Baalschem, van Martin Buber] geeft overigens prachtige beelden. Ik heb er eenige hoofdstukken uit gelezen en de Werwolf o.a. is zeldzaam mooi geschreven.
 • In a letter [nr. 7] to August Henkels, 17 February 1941; as cited in H. N. Werkman - Leven & Werk - 1882-1945, ed. A. de Vries, J. van der Spek, D. Sijens, M. Jansen; WBooks, Groninger Museum / Stichting Werkman, 2015 (transl: Fons Heijnsbroek), p. 194
 • August Henkel borrowed Werkman the book early 1941; soon the idea arose by both to make a publication of it, with images and short texts" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Hendrik Werkman

About Hendrik Werkman

Hendrik Werkman (29 April 1882 - 10 April 1945) was an experimental Dutch typographer and printer, partly as commercial profession, partly as a free artist. He set up a clandestine printing-house during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands (1940–45) and was shot by the Gestapo in the last days of the German occupation.