Eva Kotchever

Eva Kotchever, born Chawa Złoczower on June fifteenth, eighteen ninety-one, was a remarkable Polish-Jewish émigré who made significant contributions as a librarian, writer, and women's rights activist. Known also as Eve Adams or Eve Addams, she became a prominent figure in the lesbian literary scene of the early twentieth century.

From nineteen twenty-five to nineteen twenty-six, Eva ran a vibrant and openly lesbian literary salon in Greenwich Village, aptly named Eve's Hangout. This establishment became a hub for intellectual discourse and artistic expression, attracting a diverse clientele. However, her boldness in promoting lesbian literature led to her arrest for obscenity and disorderly conduct, resulting in her deportation to Poland in nineteen twenty-seven.

Despite the challenges she faced, Eva's spirit remained unbroken. She continued her activism and literary pursuits until her tragic arrest in France in nineteen forty-three. Shortly thereafter, she was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp on December seventeenth, where she was murdered just two days later, on December nineteenth.