EditorialHouse in Wolfenbuettel, Germany, where the poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing lived from 1777-1781. This is where he wrote his play " Nathan the Wise", the first play in European literature to feature a " good" Jew as the main character.
EditorialThe Wolfenbuttel water-castle of the 13th was partly destroyed in 16th, rebuilt and enlarged 17th-18th. Residence of the Dukes of Brunswick and Lueneburg until 1753-1754.
EditorialRonald S. Lauder stands next to armor made for Duke Friedrich Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel (1511-1640s), in his namesake galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Dec. 8, 2020. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Wolfenbuttel water-castle of the 13th was partly destroyed in 16th, rebuilt and enlarged 17th-18th. Residence of the Dukes of Brunswick and Lueneburg until 1753-1754.