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A Woman to Know: Annemarie Schwarzenbach

A Woman to Know: Annemarie Schwarzenbach

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Nov 23, 2015
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I can't always tell memories from dreams. — Annemarie

(self-portrait by Annemarie Schwarzenbach)


Talk about wanderlust.

In 1939, Swiss writer and photographer Annemarie piled into an ancient Ford cabriolet with her dear friend Ella. The two left war-torn Europe and traveled across rural Afghanistan into Kabul and Turkmenistan -- just as World War II eru…

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