#aimee und jaguar

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AIMÉE & JAGUAR (1999), directed by Max Färberböck.

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It's pride month, and this year I thought I would do a little to push back on the tired old narrative that the LGBT community or LGBT relationships are something new or some big damning sign of the decline of society.

Each day this month I'll post a vintage photo of a member of the LGBTQ community to show that we have always been here, that we have always existed, whether society wanted to see us or not.

Love is love.

For today's pride post, allow me to introduce Lilly Wust and Felice Schragenheim.

Lilly was the wife of an ardent Nazi and was a "good German" Hausfrau and mother of four. As such, the impact of WWII on her everyday life was surprisingly minimal. Then her housekeeper introduced her to Felice, a bohemian writer in the Jewish underground. The two women fell in love in wartime Berlin.

Their courtship was traditional. After their introduction, Schragenheim would come to tea at Lilly's almost daily, bringing flowers and poems. In between, the two would write to each other. When Lilly was hospitalized with dental sepsis in March 1943, Felice brought red roses every day. That same month, the two became engaged, signing written declarations of their love, which they sealed with a marriage contract three months later.

In July 1944, someone reported Felice's presence to the Gestapo, and she was picked up and shipped to a transit camp before being sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp. Lilly visited her regularly while Felice was located in the transit camp and even petitioned to visit while she was at Theresienstadt, but her requests were denied. A month later, Felice was sentenced to death and sent to Auschwitz. She is believed to have died on New Year's Eve, 1944.

Lilly mostly avoided punishment, outside of increased scrutiny, and her resolve to take action strengthened. Thanks to Felice's contacts in the Jewish underground, Lilly was then able to use her privilege to hide three more Jewish women, all of whom survived the end of the war.

During a 2001 interview, a few years before her death, Lilly reminisced, "She was my other half, literally my reflection, my mirror image, and for the first time I found love aesthetically beautiful, an d so tender....Twice since she left, I've felt her breath, and a warm presence next to me. I dream that we will meet again - I live in hope."

To learn more, check out Erica Fischer's book, Aimee & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943, or the movie based on their love story, Aimee und Jaguar (1999).

[booasaur]

@godisco17 replied to your post: Any favorite German f/f shows or movies? Looking...

Hello! You can try Mädchen in Uniform (Muchachas de uniforme), book by Christa Winsloe Aimee und Jaguar Both are movies. Buena suerte! Viel Glück!

Ah, thank you! Yes, these as well. 

[lion-cheshire]

What's your favorite movie?

Aimee und Jaguar (1999)

Thank you for asking, anon :)

[ratatouillegf]

The fact I can understand German is a gift because it means I have been able to watch Aimee und Jaguar (1999).

[allmightyyellow]

🎂, 🔶, 🎥 !

// Thank you! I really wanted to reply some

🎂- When's your birthday?

26/07.

���- Favorite color(s)?

My favorite-favorite color is aqua --the greenish the better xP. But I also love blue! And Peach is cool too.

🎥- Favorite movie?

I don’t really have a favorite, but I can recommend you two. The first one if called Aimee und Jaguar and it’s about two lovers during the 2nd WW (one a nazi officer’s wife and the other a jewish woman)  and the other is When Marnie Was There (can’t tell you really about what it was without spoiling it, but is from Studio Ghibli!).

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It must be TMI Tuesday...

I was tagged by bluestripedbuttonup; thank you, Kris! Answer the questions and perhaps tag however many people whom you’d like to get to know a little better.

Relationship Status: I’m with the lovely Ruth, a beautiful writer and photographer.

Lipstick or Chapstick: Lipstick, generally in red, deep pink, or plum.

Last Song I Listened To: “Haunted” by Poe.

Last Movie I Watched: The Inspector General starring Danny Kaye. If you’ve never seen a Danny Kaye film, I recommend The Court Jester or Wonder Man or A Song Is Born. He’s an incredibly funny and winsome man. Favorite Shows: The West Wing; Frasier; Person of Interest; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; and House, M.D. Favorite TV Characters: I love Sameen Shaw (Person of Interest), Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Niles Crane (Frasier), Gregory House & James Wilson (House, M.D.) Brittany and Santana (Glee) and the whole damn cast of West Wing best.

Favorite Book Characters: I love Maerad from The Books of Pellinor by Alison Croggon, Jane from Jane Eyre, Howl and Sophie from Howl’s Moving Castle, Vicky from A Ring of Endless Light, Sethe from Beloved, and Yael from The Dovekeepers.

Favorite Film Characters: Felize (Jaguar) from Aimee und Jaguar; Katherine and Almásy from The English Patient.

Favorite Ships: Sameen Shaw and Root in Person of Interest; Brittany and Santana in Glee; and Niles and Daphne in Frasier.

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2, 6, 19, 20, 25, 32, 43, 44, 46, 48

2. Do you have a “type”? If so, describe it - I don’t actually bc I’m more attracted to personality than looks.

6. Favorite article of clothing? T-shirts and usually the newest one to my collection which I’ll wear for a few days if I’m seeing different people.

19. Favorite lesbian novel/story? Aimee und Jaguar in German preferably.  

20. Favorite lesbian song? I don’t really know what this question means so I’ll say Genius by the Murmurs.

25. Be positive! What do you like most about being a lesbian? That I don’t have to worry about getting pregnant.

32. What is the most attractive quality a woman can have? Honesty

43. What is your Myers-Briggs type? Idk what this is.

44. Who was your first lesbian crush? Angela from Boy Meets World

46. At what age did you come out (if you have)? 17 to friends, 18 to my parents

48. Talk about how your day went - Pretty uneventful. Went to work, then Spin class and then had dinner with my best friend Will before coming home to my kitty.

[derfilmkritiker]

“Aimee und Jaguar” (1999) * * * * *

Darsteller Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Heike Makatsch, Detlef Buck Regie Max Färberböck

Bildquelle: kino.de

Wenn ein Film das Prädikat „Großes Kino“ verdient, dass ist es dieser. Denn er ist in jeder Hinsicht groß: In seiner Struktur, Emotionen und Klasse.

Die Handlung: Berlin während des 2. Weltkrieges. Wir bekommen einen Einblick in das Leben zweier vollkommen verschiedener Frauen, die einander nicht kennen. Lilly ist eine junge Mutter mit vier Kindern und genau deshalb kann sie sich ein angenehmes Leben leisten (bekanntlich war Hitler sehr freundlich Frauen mit vielen Kindern gegenüber, so dass sie von allem mehr erhielten: Geld, Essen etc.). Während Lillys Mann also irgendwo an der Front kämpft, genießt die Frau abwechselnde Affären während eine Nanny auf die Kinder aufpasst. Die andere Frau, ebenfalls jung, ist Felice. Felice ist Jüdin, arbeitet als Journalistin für eine Zeitung und im Gegensatz zu Lilly muss sie jeden Tag fürchten, ins KZ abgeschleppt zu werden. Als wäre das nicht genug, ist Felice auch noch lesbisch und versucht, das Leben soweit es geht im Kreis ihrer (hauptsächlich lesbischen) Freundinnen zu genießen. Eines Tages sieht Felice Lilly in einem Theater und verliebt sich auf der Stelle in sie. Überraschenderweise erwidert Lilly ihre Gefühle und so beginnen sie eine unwiderstehliche und leidenschaftliche Affäre, die zu der damaligen Zeit einem Tanz auf dem Vulkan gleicht.

Natürlich beschäftigt sich der Film mit dem 2. Weltkrieg und dem Holocaust, aber sein bester Zug ist, dass er das nur nebensächlich tut. Die Handlung konzentriert sich auf die beiden Frauen, die zwei verschiedenen Welten, in denen sie leben und ihre Gefühle einander gegenüber. Alles ist so intensiv und es geht nicht um zwei Mädchen, die leiden und in einer schrecklichen Zeit leben, sondern um zwei starke Frauen mit einer Lust am Leben, die versuchten, trotz des Nazi-Regime die Zeit zu genießen und den Tag zu nutzen. Nachdem man diesen Film gesehen hat, fühlt man nicht nur mit ihnen, man bewundert sie für ihre Stärke und Courage. Vor allem aber lernt man, wieder das Leben und die Liebe zu schätzen.

Ein ganz großes Stück deutsches Kino und definitv einer der besten Filme, die je gedreht wurden.

[imakemywings]

Femslash February 2015: Aimée & Jaguar

1999, Max Färberböck

1943, Germany: Felice, an intelligent and courageous Jewish woman who lives under a false name, belongs to an underground Nazi resistance organization. Lilly, the wife of a Nazi officer, is desperate for love. An unusual and passionate love between them blossoms after Felice sends Lily an anonymous love letter signed 'Jaguar'. Awakened to a passion she has never known Lilly falls madly in love with Felice and moves to divorce her husband. But the Gestapo is on Felice's trail. Although her friends flee, Felice decides to sit out the war with Lilly.

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AIMÉE & JAGUAR (1999), directed by Max Färberböck.

[iamsome1other]

My Guilty Pleasure I love Lesbian Movies 

The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls

Aimee and Jaguar

Gia

I Can't Think  Straight

Boys Don't Cry

The Kids Are  Alright

Rent

Prayers For Bobby

Pariah 

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Ich will nicht "für immer", ich will jetzt. Jede menge jetzt.

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