Die auferlegte Heimat

The question of whether Palestine, where Else Lasker-Schüler spent the last six years of her life (1939-1945), was in fact able to represent a 'home' for her is discussed in this study from a variety of new vantages. Of central importance here is an understanding of Else Lasker-Schüler's 'transgressive' view of her host country, i.e. a view concentrating on the dynamics of various kinds of transition. This generates a new perspective not only on the late poems and the posthumously published drama »Ichundich« written in Jerusalem but also on the book »Das Hebräerland«, the fruit of her first journey to Palestine.