"Moreover the book 'The Legend of Baal Shem', by Martin Buber gives beautiful images. I have read some chapters from it and the 'Werewolf' among others, has been written very beautifully."
— Hendrik Werkman

January 1, 1970

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Het boek [De Legende van Baalschem, van Martin Buber] geeft overigens prachtige beelden. Ik heb er eenige hoofdstukken uit gelezen en de Werwolf o.a. is zeldzaam mooi geschreven. — In a letter [nr. 7] to August Henkels, 17 February 1941; as cited in H. N. Werkman - Leven & Werk - 1882-1945, ed. A. de Vries, J. van der Spek, D. Sijens, M. Jansen; WBooks, Groninger Museum / Stichting Werkman, 2015 (transl: Fons Heijnsbroek), p. 194 — August Henkel borrowed Werkman the book early 1941; soon the ide