Editing Inge Morath (section)

==Early years (1923–1945)==
Morath was born in [[Graz]], Austria, to Mathilde (Wiesler) and Edgar Morath,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xNpTAAAAMAAJ&q=Mathilde+Wiesler++Morath|title=Inge Morath|work=google.ca|isbn=9783791327730|last1=Strassegger|first1=Regina|last2=Morath|first2=Inge|year=2002|publisher=Prestel }}</ref> scientists whose work took them to different laboratories and universities in Europe during her childhood. Her parents had converted from Catholicism to Protestantism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1383341/Inge-Morath.html|title=Obituary: Inge Morath|website=Telegraph}}</ref> First educated in French-speaking schools, Morath relocated in the 1930s with her family to [[Darmstadt]], a German intellectual center, and then to [[Berlin]], where Morath's father directed a laboratory specializing in wood chemistry. Morath was registered at the ''Luisenschule'' near [[Bahnhof Friedrichstraße]].<ref>Morath, Inge. "I Trust My Eyes" (Manuscript for Berlin Lecture), page 4. Unpublished: date unknown. Inge Morath Foundation.</ref>

Morath's first encounter with ''[[avant-garde]]'' art was the ''Entartete Kunst'' ([[Degenerate Art]]) exhibition organized by the [[Nazi]] Party in 1937, which sought to inflame public opinion against [[modern art]]. "I found a number of these paintings exciting and fell in love with [[Franz Marc]]'s ''Blue Horse''", Morath later wrote. "Only negative comments were allowed, and thus began a long period of keeping silent and concealing thoughts."<ref>Morath (n.d.) ''I Trust My Eyes'', p. 5</ref>

After finishing high school, Morath passed the ''[[Abitur]]'' and was obliged to complete six months of service for the ''[[Reichsarbeitsdienst]]'' (Reich Labour Service) before entering [[Berlin University]]. At university, Morath studied languages. She became fluent in French, English and [[Romanian language|Romanian]] in addition to her native German (to these she later added Spanish, Russian and Chinese). "I studied where I could find a quiet space, in the University and the Underground stations that served as air-raid shelters. I did not join the ''Studentenschaft'' (Student Body)."<ref>Morath (n.d.) ''I Trust My Eyes'', p. 9.</ref>

Toward the end of [[World War II]], Morath was drafted for factory service in [[Tempelhof]], a neighbourhood of Berlin, alongside Ukrainian prisoners of war.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tulic |first=Sumeja |title=The pioneering legacy of Inge Morath - 1854 Photography |url=https://www.1854.photography/2021/08/the-pioneering-legacy-of-inge-morath/ |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=www.1854.photography |language=en-GB}}</ref>

During an attack on the factory by Russian bombers, she fled on foot to Austria. In later years, Morath refused to photograph war, preferring to work on stories that showed its consequences.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kynoch |first=Gabby |date=2020-12-22 |title=Inge Morath - Austrian Photographer |url=https://hundredheroines.org/historical-heroines/inge-morath-2/ |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=Hundred Heroines |language=en-GB}}</ref>