Street view shows the view from Lothringer Weg (at the back), with Albrechtsberg Palace opposite, on the other side of the Elbe river.
- 1942 The Second Jews’ House: Dresden-Blasewitz 2 Lothringer Weg September 3 September 4, Friday toward evening – … But we look out onto open spaces and the greenery of the other bank of the Elbe and the Albrecht Palaces. The cellars are a subterranean town, high and extensive, storerooms, washhouse, space for the mangle, space for two gigantic boilers, porter’s apartment, a second kitchen for domestics. The owner’s name is mentioned with respect: the Jacoby Villa. The man was court jeweler, Elimaier’s shop on Neumarkt, very wealthy, had everything executed according to his taste and desire. **p137
- 1942, September 13, Sunday afternoon – We showed Steinitz the Maginot Line of the two-story cellar. The house possesses a certain film romanticism, especially now—this naked hall, these Jew’s stars on the doors, these destinies, the fear, which has settled on everything—and in addition the luxuriance of the garden, the wonderful view of the nearby Elbe hills and of the Albrecht Palaces.
Source:
- ** I Will Bear Witness, Volume 2: A Diary of the Nazi Years: 1942-1945, Victor Klemperer, Publisher : Modern Library; Illustrated edition
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