Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Paul Celan across 5 places, from 1938 to 1955.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Paul Celan (born Paul Antschel; 23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a German-speaking Romanian poet, Holocaust survivor, and literary translator.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Paul Celan is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Paul Celan was documented, and when
1938year
Toursattested“In 1938, Celan traveled to Tours, France, to study medicine; the Anschluss precluded his study in Vienna, and Romanian schools were harder to get into due to the newly imposed Jewish quota.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
1938year
Viennaattested“In 1938, Celan traveled to Tours, France, to study medicine; the Anschluss precluded his study in Vienna, and Romanian schools were harder to get into due to the newly imposed Jewish quota.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
1939year
Cernăuțiattested“Celan returned to Cernăuți in 1939 to study literature and Romance languages.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
1939year
Cernattested“Celan returned to Cernăuți in 1939 to study literature and Romance languages.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
February 1944month
Cernăuțiattested“Celan remained imprisoned in a work camp until February 1944, when the Red Army's advance forced the Romanians to abandon the camps, whereupon he returned to Cernăuți shortly before the Soviets returned.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
February 1944month
Cernattested“Celan remained imprisoned in a work camp until February 1944, when the Red Army's advance forced the Romanians to abandon the camps, whereupon he returned to Cernăuți shortly before the Soviets returned.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
1955year
Parisattested“Celan became a French citizen in 1955 and lived in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
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In each of these, a source puts Paul Celan and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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1935 to 1936period
Cernăuțimentioned“2 in Cernăuți) from 1935 to 1936, followed by the Liceul Marele Voievod Mihai (Great Prince Mihai Preparatory School, now Chernivtsi School No.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
1935 to 1936period
Cernmentioned“2 in Cernăuți) from 1935 to 1936, followed by the Liceul Marele Voievod Mihai (Great Prince Mihai Preparatory School, now Chernivtsi School No.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
June 1940month
Siberiamentioned“Following the Soviet occupation of Bukovina in June 1940, deportations to Siberia started.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
July 1941month
Cernăuțimentioned“On arrival in Cernăuți in July 1941, the German SS Einsatzkommando and their Romanian allies set the city's Great Synagogue on fire.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
July 1941month
Cernmentioned“On arrival in Cernăuți in July 1941, the German SS Einsatzkommando and their Romanian allies set the city's Great Synagogue on fire.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
1945 to 1947period
Cernăuțimentioned“Considering emigration to Palestine, Celan left Cernăuți in 1945 for Bucharest, where he remained until 1947.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
1945 to 1947period
Cernmentioned“Considering emigration to Palestine, Celan left Cernăuți in 1945 for Bucharest, where he remained until 1947.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
1945 to 1947period
Palestinementioned“Considering emigration to Palestine, Celan left Cernăuți in 1945 for Bucharest, where he remained until 1947.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
1948year
Romaniamentioned“Upon the emergence of the communist regime in Romania at the beginning of 1948, Celan fled Romania for Vienna, Austria.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
1948year
Parismentioned“This is why, like the poet Heinrich Heine before him, Celan emigrated to Paris in 1948.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
1949 to 1951period
Parismentioned“She visited Celan twice in Paris between 1949 and 1951.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
November 1951month
Parismentioned“In November 1951, he met the graphic artist Gisèle Lestrange, in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
20 April 1970exact date
Parismentioned“Celan drowned in the river Seine in Paris around 20 April 1970.”source: Wikipedia: Paul Celan
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