Wolfgang Apfel sitting outdoors; Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

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Walter, Ilse, Freddy, Ursula, and Rudolf Gottschalk with Edith Braunschweig in costumes dancing to a minuet for the 80th birthday celebration of Henriette Gottschalk; Hannover, Germany. Portraits Children

On 5 Oct 1929 the family got together in Hannover to celebrate the 80th Birthday of Henrietta Gottschalk nee Rothschild where the children danced a minuet by Beethoven or Mozart; left to right: Grandniece Edith Braunschweig, Walter Gottschalk, Ilse Gottschalk, Freddy Gottschalk, Ursula Gottschalk, and Rudolf Gottschalk

The story of my family : The German-Jewish family of Hermann Nelki /

History of the Nelki and Russo families in Berlin; concentrates mainly on first half of the 20th century; most members of the family were physicians; persecution in Nazi period; emigration to England; attached is the story of Eva Edith Ehrlich who survived the war years in Berlin in hiding.

Ich war nie ein Bernhardiner 1933-1983

The memoir was written in New York between 1981 and 1983. Recollections of the Nazi take-over in Germany and their growing awareness of the upcoming danger. Closure of the cabaret of Friedrich Hollaender, where Lotte and her husband were working, due to its "subversive" political views. After the burning of the "Reichstag" (parliament) Lotte and Victor emigrated to France. Life of emigres in Paris. Lotte found work as a foreign language secretary. Victor worked with a film editor. Extradition from France due to their expired carte d'identite. Move to Amsterdam. In 1935 they went to friends in Spain, where Victor had a position as a film editor. They lived in Barcelona until outbreak of civil war. Escape to London via Prague. Exit visas for the United States. Arrival in New York in 1937. Victor was invited by Friedrich Hollaender to Hollywood, where Lotte joined him a few months later. Work as butler and cook in a family. Lotte found only a few engagements in theater and film. Divorce from her husband and remarriage with actor Wolfgang Zilzer (Paul Andor).

Permutander oder die Schwierigkeit sich selbst auf die Spur zu kommen.

Manuscript of fictionalized autobiographical novel

Brittany

Dr. Hans Cahnmann, Bethesda, MD

Das fatale Loch in der Berliner Theatergeschichte : lecture ueber Persoenlichkeiten des Berliner Theaterlebens und ihre NS-Vergangenheit /

Manuscript: "Das fatale Loch in der Berliner Theatergeschichte". Speech exploring the burdens placed on scholarship and the students of the Theatrical Institute of the Free University of Berlin by the presence of professors who were compromised by their activities during the Nazi era.

[Liebe Verwandte, liebe Freunde].

A letter to friends and relatives from Eva and Wolfgang on occasion of their son’s birth, explaining why they chose for him the Jewish biblical name Elias.