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TEN POSTCARDS FROM THE SERIES “PORTRAITS OF GÖTTINGEN’S PROFESSORS” Hg. Deuerlich’sche bookstore studio, Hanna Kunsch, date unknown, postcards State and University Library of Göttingen, Voit Collection

SEVEN POSTCARDS FROM THE SERIES “PORTRAITS OF GÖTTINGEN PROFESSORS” Free Student Body Göttingen, Atelier Fr. Struckmeyer Göttingen, date unknown, postcards, State and University Library of Göttingen, Voit Collection / City Museum of Göttingen

SEVEN POSTCARDS OF GÖTTINGEN PROFESSORS IN THE MUNICH MEDICINE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER photographers: Erich Retzlaff, A. Schmidt, photos, State and University Library of Göttingen, Voit Collection

THE TYPICAL FACE The focus on the face had another dimension. Photographers on the left and right of the political spectrum of the Weimar Republic attempted to classify and order the social world via the face. Individual expression was replaced by ethnic groups or professions. Erich Retzlaff’s popular illustrated books are representative of this. In