GOTTBEGNADETEN LIST
'God-Gifted' artists
Gottbegnadeten List
The Gottbegnadeten list was a list of German artists compiled in August 1944 in the final phase of the Second World War by the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda under Joseph Goebbels who were considered important to the National Socialist regime and were therefore placed under special protection by it.
The name is based on the file title of the list and was therefore the official term used by the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.
The document compiled in the Reich Ministry was divided into four sections (I–IV) designated with Roman numerals , which in turn were divided into subsections designated with letters:
Section I was the actual God-given list , consisting of subsection A. Special list and subsection B. All others
Section II of the document listed other UK-provided individual artists and consisted of three subsections A. Film list , B. Radio list and C. Composers for film and radio and accompanists for radio and concert. LINK HERE.
Section III contained orchestras and bands (concert, film and radio)
Section IV contained artists in military service with occasional employment in radio and concert
The 39-page document lists the names of 1,041 artists. Section I is called the Gottbegnadeten-Liste and consists of 378 people, of whom 25 names are listed in subsection A. Special list and 353 names in subsection B. All others . The 25 names in subsection A. Special list are divided into the areas of literature , fine arts , musicians and theater . These people were considered 'irreplaceable artists' of National Socialist Germany and, from the perspective of those in power at the time, represented an 'outstanding national capital'.
Already at the beginning of the National Socialist era, there were lists of banned or desirable artists - mainly writers, sculptors, architects, painters, singers, musicians and actors. Shortly before the start of the Second World War in September 1939, the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda had drawn up a list of 'cultural workers' who were indispensable to the Nazi state, so that they could be exempted from military service in the event of war. All others were to be drafted into military service at the start of the Second World War or employed in the armaments industry on the home front.
In October 1939, Hitler ordered that certain artists be exempted from military service as indispensable , as they were to devote themselves primarily to Nazi propaganda, by means of a so-called 'Führer list'. This exemption was only valid until revoked and was therefore reviewed from time to time. In addition to visual artists, musicians and some actors, the 'Führer list' contained 15 writers, 16 composers and 15 conductors.
In 1941, Ernst Lothar von Knorr, in his role as music officer of the Army High Command, together with the general and later resistance fighter Eduard Wagner, drew up another list, which was signed by Hitler and meant an exemption for 360 musicians. Knorr also tried to employ other musicians as teachers at the army music schools, which exempted them from active combat duty. Also in 1941 , Hans Severus Ziegler also drew up his own list for the 'highly gifted young talent'.
As a result of the total war announced in 1943 in the final phase of the Second World War, the total war commitment of cultural workers was ordered on 1st September 1944 and the theatres were closed. However, a minority of 1,041 people among the approximately 140,000 members of the Reich Chamber of Culture were to be exempted from this due to their special importance for the National Socialist regime and were recorded in separate lists by the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. The basis for the lists drawn up in Goebbels' ministry in 1944 was apparently the 'Führer list' drawn up in 1939 of writers, composers, musicians, visual artists and actors who were indispensable in Hitler's eyes. The people selected in this way were also considered to be conscripted for war service, but were not to serve in the armed forces, but were only to be called up for events in the sense of cultural propaganda or to look after the troops. When compiling the list of people named in Section II, Goebbels primarily named actors that he needed for his propaganda films. These were a total of 280 actors, 227 actresses, 78 film writers, 18 film writers and 35 film directors. Apart from the 25 people highlighted on the special list, the nominees, according to Oliver Rathkolb, were in the 'artistic war effort'.
The cultural workers who were exempted from wartime deployment received a letter stating that 'the Reich Minister, in his capacity as President of the Reich Chamber of Culture, has exempted you from military and labor deployment on the basis of your artistic achievements. [...] This exemption, which was granted in recognition of your special artistic abilities, was granted on the obvious condition that you make yourself available unconditionally for comprehensive artistic support. [...] I ask that you understand this letter as your obligation to serve in the wartime artist deployment agency that I head, in the spirit of the measures of total wartime deployment.'
This cover letter was considered an official notification that had to be submitted to the 'competent employment office'.
When the defeat of the German Reich was foreseeable, even the last reserves were to be mobilised. A letter from the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda dated 30th November 1944 states that the artists exempted from military service and even the 'irreplaceable artists' named on the special list, such as Wilhelm Furtwängler, were to be called up for the Volkssturm.
Source: Wikipedia
Section I of the document on artists who were particularly important to the National Socialist regime and were therefore exempted from military service is called the Gottbegnadeten list and is divided into the subsections A. Special list with 25 names and B. All others with 353 names. The list is preceded by a table of contents.
A. SPECIAL LIST
Literature:
Hans Carossa (1878–1956), poet and narrator
Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946), Nobel Prize winner for literature in 1912
Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer (1878–1962), novelist, playwright and poet
Hanns Johst (1890–1978), playwright, Reich Senator for Culture
Agnes Miegel (1879–1964), writer, journalist and ballad poet
Ina Seidel (1885–1974), novelist and poet [ 18 ]
Fine arts:
Arno Breker (1900–1991), sculptor and architect, Reich Senator for Culture
Georg Kolbe (1877–1947), sculptor
Josef Thorak (1889–1952), state sculptor [ 19 ]
Fritz Klimsch (1870–1960), sculptor
Hermann Gradl (1883–1964), landscape painter and illustrator
Arthur Kampf (1864–1950), history painter
Willy Kriegel (1901–1966), painter
Werner Peiner (1897–1984), painter and from 1938 director of the Hermann Göring Master School for Painting [ 20 ]
Leonhard Gall (1884–1952), architect, Reich Senator for Culture
Hermann Giesler (1898–1987), architect, Reich Senator for Culture – brother of Paul Giesler
Wilhelm Kreis (1873–1955), architect and last president of the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts
Paul Schultze-Naumburg (1869–1949), painter, architect and from 1932 member of the Reichstag for the NSDAP [ 21 ]
Music:
Richard Strauss (1864–1949), composer
Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949), composer, Reich Senator for Culture
Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954), conductor and composer, [ 22 ] Reich Senator for Culture
four theatre artists can be found as a subsequent – ​​very difficult to read – handwritten entry at the end of this page: [ 23 ]
Otto Falckenberg (1873–1947), director of the Munich Kammerspiele
Friedrich Kayßler (1874–1945), actor, writer and composer
Hermine Körner (1878–1960), [ 24 ] actress, director and artistic director
Hedwig Bleibtreu (1868–1958), [ 23 ] theater and film actress
B. ALL OTHERS
a) Literature:
Hans Friedrich Blunck (1888–1961), writer, lawyer and first president of the Reich Chamber of Literature
Bruno Brehm (1892–1974), writer and editor [ 25 ]
Hermann Burte (1879–1960), writer and painter
Friedrich Griese (1890–1975), teacher and writer
Gustav Frenssen (1863–1945), pastor and writer
Hans Grimm (1875–1959), writer ( People without Space ) and publicist
Max Halbe (1865–1944), writer
Hanns Johst – here handwritten crossed out and included in the special list
Heinrich Lilienfein (1879–1952), writer and Secretary General of the German Schiller Foundation
Börries Freiherr von Münchhausen (1874–1945), writer
Wilhelm Schäfer (1868–1952), writer
Wilhelm von Scholz (1874–1969), writer
Emil Strauss (1866–1960), writer
Lulu von Strauss und Torney (1873–1956), writer and poet
Helene Voigt-Diederichs (1875–1961), writer
Josef Weinheber (1892–1945), poet
Heinrich Zillich (1898–1988), writer and expellee official
b) Fine Arts: Sculptors :
Karl Albiker (1878–1961), sculptor
Fritz Behn (1878–1970), sculptor
Hans Bitterlich (1860–1949), sculptor
Bernhard Bleeker (1881–1968), sculptor
Gustav Bredow (1875–1950), sculptor
Hans Breker (1906–1993), sculptor
Ludwig Cauer (1866–1947), sculptor
Michael Drobil (1877–1958), sculptor
Kurt Edzard (1890–1972), sculptor
Joseph Enseling (1886–1957), sculptor
Max Esser (1885–1945), sculptor and medalist
Wilhelm Frass (1886–1968), sculptor and medalist
Hermann Geibel (1889–1972), sculptor
Wilhelm Gerstel (1879–1963), sculptor and medalist
Fritz von Graevenitz – written on the list as Fritz v. Grävenitz (1892–1959), sculptor and painter
Hermann Hahn (1868–1945), sculptor and medalist
Philipp Harth (1885–1968), sculptor
Arthur Hoffmann (1874–1960), sculptor [ 26 ]
Oswald Hoffmann – meaning Oswald Hofmann (1890–1982), sculptor [ 27 ] [ 28 ]
Ludwig Kasper (1893–1945), sculptor
Fritz Klimsch – here crossed out by hand and included in the special list
Richard Knecht (1887–1966), sculptor and painter
Willy Meller (1887–1974), sculptor
Josef Müllner (1879–1968), sculptor and medalist
Michael Powolny (1871–1954), sculptor and ceramic designer
Ernst Andreas Rauch (1901–1990), sculptor [ 29 ] [ 30 ]
Richard Scheibe (1879–1964), sculptor
Hermann Scheuernstuhl (1894–1982), sculptor
Otto Schließler (1885–1964), sculptor
Robert Ullmann (1903–1966), sculptor and medalist
Joseph Wackerle (1880–1959), sculptor
Arnold Waldschmidt (1873–1958), sculptor, painter and director of the Stuttgart Art Academy
Adolf Wamper (1901–1977), sculptor and from 1948 head of the sculpture class at the Folkwang School
Arthur Winde – Theodor Artur Winde (1886–1965), sculptor
Ulfert Janssen (1878–1956), sculptor and architect – subsequently added to the list with a typewriter
b) Fine Arts: Painters :
Ferdinand Andri (1871–1956), painter and graphic artist
Ludwig Bartning (1876–1956), landscape painter
Fritz Bayerlein (1872–1955), landscape painter
Claus Bergen (1885–1964), marine painter
Eduard Bischoff (1890–1974), painter and sculptor
Max Clarenbach (1880–1952), painter
Alfred Cossmann – written on the list as Cohsmann (1870–1951), engraver and graphic artist
Wilhelm Dachauer (1881–1951), painter
Ludwig Dettmann (1865–1944), war painter
Carl Ederer (1875–1951), painter, graphic artist and mosaicist
Georg Ehmig (1892–1969), landscape painter [ 31 ] [ 32 ]
Rudolf Eisenmenger (1902–1994), painter
Otto Engel – Otto Heinrich Engel (1866–1949), painter [ 33 ]
Otto Engelhardt-Kyffhäuser – written on the list as Engelhardt-Kyfhäuser (1884–1965), painter and art teacher
Erich Erler (1870–1946), painter [ 34 ]
Max Feldbauer (1869–1948), painter
Georg Fritz (1884–1967), painter and graphic artist
Franz Gerwin (1891–1960), painter, headed the Haus der Kunst in Dortmund from 1936
Oskar Graf (1873–1958), painter and etcher
Olaf Gulbransson (1873–1958), painter and illustrator for the satirical magazine Simplicissimus, among others
Oskar Hagemann (1888–1984), mainly portrait painter
Hans Happ (1899–1992), painter [ 35 ] [ 36 ]
Willy ter Hell (1883–1947), landscape painter and graphic artist
Paul Herrmann (1864–1946), painter and etcher
Richard Heymann (1900–1973), painter [ 37 ] [ 38 ]
Walter Hemming (1894–1979), painter
Sepp Hilz (1906–1967), painter with a focus on rural and peasant motifs, one of Adolf Hitler's favorite painters
Walther Hoeck – written on the list as Walter Hoeck (1894–1979), painter and sculptor
Ludwig von Hoffmann (1861–1945), painter and graphic artist
Conrad Hommel (1883–1971), painter – mainly of portraits
Paul Junghanns (1876–1958), animal painter
Heinrich Hönich – written on the list as Heinrich Hönig (1873–1957), painter and etcher
Artur Kampf – (Arthur Kampf is meant, still on this list, but is found on the special list as one of four painters)
Hermann Kaspar (1904–1986), painter, designer of the parades for the Day of German Art and the furnishings of the New Reich Chancellery
Gottlieb Theodor von Kempf-Hartenkampf (1871–1964), painter [ 39 ] [ 40 ]
Alfred Kitzig (1902–1964), painter and graphic artist
Richard Klein (1890–1967), painter, sculptor, graphic artist and medalist
Walter Klinkert (1901–1959), painter [ 41 ]
Friedrich Koch-Gotha (1877–1956), painter, draftsman and caricaturist
Otto von Kursell (1884–1967), painter, member of the Reichstag , director of the State Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin
Ernst Liebermann (1869–1960), painter and graphic artist
Helmut Liesegang (1858–1945), landscape painter
Rudolf Löhner (1890–1971), sculptor (!)
Fritz Mackensen (1866–1953), Worpswede painter
Karl Mediz – written on the list as Karl Meditz (1868–1945), landscape and portrait painter
Richard Müller (1874–1954), painter and graphic artist
Christian Modersohn (1916–2009), painter
Otto Müller-Wischin – Anton Müller-Wischin (1865–1949), painter
Paul Mathias Padua – written on the list as Paul Padua (1903–1981), painter (known for his Nazi propaganda art)
Walter Petersen (1862–1950), portrait and history painter
Fritz Pfuhle (1878–1969), painter and lithographer
Paul Plontke (1884–1966), church painter and poster artist
Ernst Pfannschmidt (1868–1949), church and history painter
Peter Philippi (1866–1945), genre painter and portraitist
Erwin Puchinger (1875–1944), painter and graphic artist
Fritz Rhein (1873–1948), painter
Leo Samberger (1861–1949), portrait painter
Wilhelm Sauter (1896–1948), painter and draftsman
Hans Schmitz-Wiedenbrück – written on the list as Hans Schmitz (1907–1944), painter (known for his Nazi propaganda art)
Rudolf Schramm-Zittau (1874–1950), painter
Richard Schreiber (1904–1963), painter and graphic artist
Raffael Schuster-Woldan (1870–1951), painter
Ferdinand Spiegel (1879–1950), painter and graphic artist
Franz Stassen (1869–1949), painter and illustrator
Edmund Steppes (1873–1968), landscape painter
Karl Storch (1864–1954), painter
Eduard Thöny (1866–1950), draftsman and caricaturist
Hermann Tiebert (1895–1978), painter
Franz Triebsch (1870–1956), landscape and portrait painter
Hans Uhl (1897–after 1954), painter [ 42 ]
Ernst Vollbehr (1876–1960), travel writer and painter
Bernhard Winter (1871–1964), painter and photographer
Adolf Wissel (1894–1973), genre painter
b) Fine Arts: Architects :
Paul Baumgarten (1873–1946), architect of theater buildings
Oswald Bieber (1874–1955), architect and university professor
Friedrich Blume (1896–1970), residential architect [ 43 ]
Fritz Breuhaus (1883–1960), interior designer
Woldemar Brinkmann (1890–1959), interior designer and ship fitter
Hanns Dustmann (1902–1979), architect and Reich Architect of the Hitler Youth
Emil Fahrenkamp (1885–1966), architect and from 1937 director of the Düsseldorf Art Academy
Roderich Fick (1886–1955), architect of the most important buildings on the Obersalzberg
Karl J. Fischer (no further information)
Hans Freese (1889–1953), architect
Kurt Frick (1884–1963), architect
Konstanty Gutschow (1902–1978), architect
Ernst Haiger (1874–1952), architect and interior designer
Wilhelm Härter (1880–1963), architect
Helmut Hentrich (1905–2001), architect
Handwritten name entry (illegible)
Hans Heuser (1904–1953), architect
Eugen Hönig (1873–1945), architect and President of the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts
Hermann Hansen (no further information)
Wilhelm Jost (1874–1944), architect and city architect in Halle from 1912 to 1939
Clemens Klotz (1886–1969), architect of training buildings for the NSDAP and the DAF
Walter Krüger (1888–1971), architect
Johannes Krüger (1890–1975), architect (including the Tannenberg Memorial )
Karl Lieser (1901–1990), architect (including Henninger Tower in Frankfurt )
Kurt Mänicke (1896–1990), architect
Adolf Münzer (1900–1953), painter and graphic artist – probably mistakenly listed with the architects
Ernst Neufert (1900–1986), architect
Fritz Norkauer (1887–1976), architect
Gerhard Offenberg (1897–1987), architect and from 1948 Ministerialdirigent in Rhineland-Palatinate .
Bruno Paul (1874–1968), architect and designer
Caesar F. Pinnau (1906–1988), architect
Erich zu Putlitz (1892–1945), architect and urban planner
Otto Reitter (1896–1958), architect
Herbert Rimpl (1902–1978), industrial architect
Heinrich Rosskotten (1886–1972), architect
Werry Roth (1885–1958), architect (specialized in theater buildings including the Anhalt Theater ) [ 44 ]
Franz Ruff (1906–1979), architect (including the Nuremberg Congress Hall on the Nazi Party Rally Grounds )
Erhard Schmidt (no further information)
Paul Schmitthenner (1884–1972), architect
Julius Schulte-Frohlinde (1894–1968), architect
Alwin Seifert (1890–1972), garden architect, landscape designer and Reich Landscape Attorney
Hermann Seeger (*1885 – no further information) [ 45 ]
Otto Strohmayr (1900–1945), architect
Friedrich Tamms – entered in the list without a first name (1904–1980), architect, later university lecturer and head of the building department
Heinrich Tessenow (1876–1950), architect
Siegfried Theiss (1882–1963), architect
Wilhelm-Karl Tiedje (1898–1987), architect
Theodor Veil (1879–1965), architect, university professor and Reich Commissioner for Building Standardization
Karl Wach (1878–1952), architect
Heinz Wetzel (1882–1945), architect and urban planner
Heinrich Wieping (1891–1973), landscape architect
b) Fine Arts: Commercial artists and designers :
Wanda Bibrowicz (1878–1954), painter, tapestry artist and art educator
Otto Dorfner (1885–1955), bookbinder and art binding designer
Arno Drescher (1882–1971), painter and typographer
Ludwig Enders (1889–1956), graphic artist and industrial designer
Hermann Gretsch (1895–1950), ceramicist, artistic director of the Arzberg porcelain factory
OHW Hadank (1889–1965), graphic artist
Paul Hampel (1874–1955), graphic artist [ 46 ]
Ludwig Hohlwein (1874–1949), poster designer, graphic artist and painter
Margarete Klimt (1892–1987), fashion designer
Max Körner (1887–1963), graphic artist and book artist
Kwitschala (no further information)
Max Lohse (no further information)
Alfred Mahlau (1894–1967), painter and illustrator
Gerhard Marggraff (1892–1956?), advertising graphic designer
Alen Müller-Hellwig (1901–1993), artistic weaver
Walter Riemer (1896–1942), graphic artist [ 47 ] [ 48 ] [ 49 ]
Edmund Schaefer (1880–1959), graphic artist and painter
Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler (1882–1956), typographer and calligrapher
Anna Simons (1871–1951), typographer and calligrapher
Lorenz Spitzenpfeil (1874–1945), graphic artist
Walter Tiemann (1876–1951), book artist and illustrator
Max Thalmann (1890–1944), graphic artist and illustrator
Hans Wagula (1894–1964), graphic artist [ 50 ]
c) Music: Composers:
Theodor Berger (1905–1992) – handwritten on the list, crossed out again (difficult to read)
Johann Nepomuk David (1895–1977)
Werner Egk (1901–1983)
Gerhard Frommel (1906–1984)
Harald Genzmer (1909–2007)
Ottmar Gerster (1897–1969) [ 51 ]
Kurt Hessenberg (1908–1994)
Paul Höffer (1895–1949)
Karl Höller (1907–1987)
Mark Lothar (1902–1985)
Josef Marx (1882–1964)
Gottfried Müller (1914–1993)
Carl Orff (1895–1982) [ 52 ]
Ernst Pepping (1901–1981) [ 53 ]
Max Trapp (1887–1971)
Fried Walter (1907–1996)
Hermann Zilcher (1881–1948)
c) Music: Conductors:
Hermann Abendroth (1883–1956)
Karl Böhm (1894–1981)
Karl Elmendorff (1891–1962)
Robert Heger (1886–1978)
Eugen Jochum (1902–1987)
Oswald Kabasta (1896–1946)
Herbert von Karajan (1908–1989)
Hans Knappertsbusch (1888–1965)
Joseph Keilberth (1908–1968)
Rudolf Krasselt (1879–1954)
Clemens Krauss (1893–1954)
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900–1973) [ 54 ]
Paul Schmitz (1898–1992)
Johannes Schüler (1894–1966)
Carl Schuricht (1880–1967)
c) Music: Pianists :
Hans Beltz (1897–1977), pianist and music educator [ 55 ]
Hermann Drews (* 1899 – no further information)
Eduard Erdmann (1896–1958), pianist and composer
Walter Gieseking (1895–1956), pianist and entomologist
Elly Ney (1882–1968), pianist
Sigfrid Grundeis – written on the list as Siegfried (1900–1953), pianist and piano teacher
Wilhelm Kempff (1895–1991), pianist, organist and composer
Else C. Kraus (1899–1978), pianist
Conrad Hansen (1906–2002), pianist and piano teacher
Gerhard Puchelt (1913–1987), pianist
Frieda Kwast-Hodapp – written on the list as Quast-Hodapp and corrected by hand (1880–1949), pianist and student of Max Reger
Michael Raucheisen (1889–1984), pianist
Rosl Schmid – written on the list as Schmidt (1911–1978), pianist and professor at the Munich University of Music
Li Stadelmann (1900–1993), pianist, harpsichordist and music teacher
Winfried Wolf (1900–1982), pianist, composer and music educator
Friedrich Wührer (1900–1975), pianist and piano teacher
Walter Morse Rummel (1887–1953), pianist [ 56 ] – subsequently added to the list in handwriting
c) Music: Violinist :
Siegfried Borries (1912–1980), violinist and violin teacher
Georg Kulenkampff (1898–1948), one of the most famous violin virtuosos of the 1930s and 40s
Erich Röhn (1910–1985), violinist and concertmaster
Wolfgang Schneiderhan (1915–2002), violin virtuoso and concertmaster
Otto Schörnack (no further information) – perhaps the violinist Otto Schernack is meant. There are many spelling mistakes on the list
Wilhelm Stross (1907–1966), violinist and conductor
Max Strub (1900-1966), violin virtuoso and teacher, incorrectly spelled as Strubb on the list
Gerhard Taschner (1922–1976), violin virtuoso, initially appointed to the British Royal Family at Hitler's request on 24 October 1942 [ 57 ]
Helmuth Zernick (1913–1970), violinist – subsequently added to the list in handwriting
c) Music: Cellists :
Paul Grümmer (1879–1965), cellist
Ludwig Hoelscher (1907–1996), cellist and professor at the Mozarteum in Salzburg
Hans Münch-Holland (1899–1971), cellist
Adolf Steiner (1897–1974), cellist
c) Music: Organists :
Fritz Heitmann (1891–1953), organist and Bach interpreter
Günther Ramin (1898–1956), organist, Thomaskantor , choir director and composer
c) Music: Quartets (there are illegible handwritten notes on the right side of the list):
Schneiderhan Quartet (The following musicians belonged to the quartet: Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Otto Strasser , Ernst Morawec [ 58 ] [ 59 ] and Richard Krotschak [ 60 ] )
Stross Quartet
Strub Quartet
c) Music: Concert singers :
Lore Fischer (1911–1991), alto , violinist and music teacher
Gerhard Hüsch (1901–1984), baritone
Gerda Lammers (1915–1993), soprano [ 61 ]
Emmi Leisner – written on the list as Emmy Leissner (1885–1958), contralto
Gertrude Pitzinger – written on the list as Gertrude Pfitzinger and corrected by hand (1904–1997), alto
Arno Schellenberg (1903–1983), baritone and singing teacher
Wilhelm Strienz (1900–1987), bass
Rudolf Watzke (1892–1972), bass
Henny Wolff (1896–1965), soprano and singing teacher
d) Theater (the locations mentioned can be found in the original list):
Rosa Albach-Retty – Vienna (1874–1980), actress and paternal grandmother of Romy Schneider
Herbert Alsen – Vienna (1906–1978), opera singer (bass)
Peter Anders – Berlin (1908–1954), opera singer (tenor)
Raoul Aslan – Vienna (1886–1958), actor and theatre director – in the original in brackets, the name underlined with dots and subsequently crossed out by hand
Mathieu Ahlersmeyer – Dresden-Vienna (1896–1979), actor and opera singer (baritone)
Ewald Balser – Berlin-Vienna (1898–1978), actor
Irma Beilke – Berlin (1904–1989), opera singer (soprano)
Erna Berger – Berlin (1900–1990), opera singer (soprano)
Hedwig Bleibtreu – Vienna (1868–1958), actress – in the original subsequently crossed out by hand with an illegible note to the right of the name
Paula Buchner – Berlin (1900–1963), opera singer (soprano)
Rudolf Bockelmann – Berlin (1892–1958), opera singer (baritone) and singing teacher
Helena Braun – Munich (1903–1990), opera singer (soprano) [ 62 ]
Lina Carstens – Berlin (1892–1978), actress and voice actress
Maria Cebotari – Berlin (1910–1949), opera singer (soprano)
Anna Dammann – Berlin (1912–1993), actress
Stella David – Dresden (actress verifiable in two film roles in 1921 and 1938, [ 63 ] otherwise no further information. In the original list in brackets and subsequently crossed out by hand with an illegible note in the left margin, possibly significant in the film list . However, she is not listed there.)
Paula Denk – Munich (1908–1978), actress, was appointed state actress in 1942 (in the original in brackets and subsequently crossed out by hand with an illegible note on the left margin, possibly relevant to the film list . However, she is not listed there.)
Anton Dermota – Vienna (1910–1989), opera singer ( lyric tenor )
Antonia Dietrich – Dresden (1900–1975), actress
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender – Berlin (1897–1978), opera singer (baritone)
Käthe Dorsch – Vienna (1890–1957), actress
Clara Ebers – Frankfurt (1902–1997), opera singer (soprano)
Lieselotte Enck – Berlin (1918–2007), opera singer (soprano) – there is the typewritten addition in brackets: Wish of the Reichsmarschall (meaning: Hermann Göring ) [ 64 ]
Trude Eipperle – Munich (1908–1997), opera singer (soprano)
Maria Eis – Vienna (1896–1954), actress
Jürgen Fehling (1885–1968), director and actor – added to the original list by hand
Otto Falckenberg – Munich – here handwritten crossed out and included in the special list
Eugen Fuchs – Berlin (1893–1971), opera singer ( bass-baritone ) [ 65 ] – handwritten addition to the list
Marta Fuchs – Berlin-Dresden (1898–1974), opera singer (soprano)
Heinrich George – Berlin (1893–1946), theater and film actor
Josef Greindl – Berlin (1912–1993), opera singer, bass – written on the list as Graindl
Gustaf Gründgens – Berlin (1899–1963), actor, director and artistic director – handwritten addition to the list
Paul Hartmann – Berlin (1889–1977), actor
Theo Herrmann – Hamburg (1902–1977), opera singer (bass) [ 66 ]
Josef Herrmann – Dresden (1903–1955), opera singer ( heroic baritone )
Werner Hinz – Berlin (1903–1985), actor
Elisabeth Höngen – Dresden-Vienna (1906–1997), opera singer ( mezzo-soprano )
Lore Hoffmann – Berlin (1911–1996), opera singer (soprano)
Paul Hoffmann – Dresden (1902–1990), actor
Hans Hotter – Munich-Vienna (1909–2003), opera and song singer
Friedrich Kayssler – Berlin – here crossed out by hand and included in the special list , illegible handwritten notes to the right of the name
Eduard Kandl – Berlin (1876–1966), opera singer (bass) and actor
Eugen Klöpfer – Berlin (1886–1950), actor and from 1934 state actor
Margarete Klose – Berlin (1899–1968), opera singer (alto)
Hermine Körner – Berlin (1878–1960), not deleted here, can also be found on the special list
Hans Grahl – no location specified (1895–1966) – in brackets the addition Gastverträge , then handwritten crossing out and a question mark to the left of the name
Werner Krauß – Berlin (1884–1959), actor and from 1934 state actor
Fritz Krenn – Vienna (1887–1963), opera singer (bass-baritone)
Hilde Konetzni – Vienna (1905–1980), opera singer (soprano)
Anne Kersten – Munich (1895–1982), actress
Hannsgeorg Laubenthal – Berlin (1911–1971), actor – written on the list as Hanns-Georg
Tiana Lemnitz – Berlin (1897–1994), opera singer (soprano) and singing teacher
Max Lorenz – Berlin (1901–1975), opera singer (tenor)
Walther Ludwig – Berlin (1902–1981), opera singer (tenor) and physician
Maria Müller – Berlin (1898–1958), opera singer (soprano)
Hans Hermann Nissen – Munich (1893–1980), opera singer (baritone)
Julius Patzak – Munich (1898–1974), opera singer (tenor)
Julius Pölzer – Munich (1901–1972), dentist and opera singer (tenor) [ 67 ]
Erich Ponto – Dresden (1884–1957), actor and director
Jaro Prohaska – Berlin (1891–1965), opera singer (baritone) and singing teacher [ 68 ]
Hildegard Ranczak – Munich (1895–1987), opera singer (soprano) [ 69 ] [ 70 ] – handwritten entry in the original list
Maria Reining – Vienna (1903–1991), opera singer (soprano)
Hans Reinmar – Berlin (1895–1961), opera singer (baritone)
Martha Rohs – Vienna (1909–1963), opera singer (alto)
Helge Rosvaenge – Berlin (1897–1972), opera singer (tenor)
Traute Rose – Vienna (1904–1997), actress and voice actress
Joachim Sattler – Hamburg (1899–1984), opera singer (tenor)
Paul Schöffler – Vienna (1897–1977), opera singer (bass-baritone)
Heinrich Schlusnus – Berlin (1888–1952), opera and song singer (baritone)
Wilhelm Schirp – Berlin (1906–1974), opera singer (bass-baritone) [ 71 ]
Karl Schmitt-Walter – Berlin (1900–1985), opera singer (baritone)
Erna Schlüter – Hamburg (1904–1969), opera singer (soprano)
Liselotte Schreiner – Berlin-Vienna (1904–1991), actress
Carla Spletter – Berlin (1911–1953), opera singer (soprano) and actress – there is the typewritten addition in brackets: Wish of the Reichsmarschall
Karl-Heinz Stroux (1908–1985), actor and director – handwritten in the original list (without the usual location information)
Ludwig Suthaus – Berlin (1906–1971), opera singer (heroic tenor) – there is a handwritten question mark to the left of the name
Horst Taubmann – Munich (1912–1991), opera singer (tenor) [ 72 ] – there is the typewritten addition in brackets: Wish of Reichsl. Bormann (meaning: Reichsleiter Martin Bormann )
Margarete Teschemacher – Hamburg (1903–1959), opera singer (soprano)
Hermann Thimig – Vienna (1890–1982), actor and director
Hans Thimig – Vienna (1900–1991), actor and director – the name was handwritten in brackets and crossed out several times
Viorica Ursuleac – Munich (1894–1985), opera singer (dramatic soprano)
Ludwig Weber – Munich (1899–1974), opera singer (bass)
Franz Völker – Berlin (1899–1965), opera singer (tenor)
Gertrud Rünger – Vienna (1893–1965), opera singer (alto, soprano) – incorrectly classified alphabetically on the original list
Gustav Waldau – Munich (1871–1958), actor
Paul Wegener – Berlin (1874–1948), actor, director ( The Golem, How He Came into the World , 1920) and producer
Erich Witte – Berlin (1911–2008), opera singer (tenor) and opera director
Marcel Wittrisch – Berlin (1903–1955), opera singer (tenor)
Paula Wessely – Berlin (1907–2000), actress
Erich Zimmermann – Berlin (1892–1968), [ 73 ] trained porcelain painter and opera singer (tenor)
There is an illegible handwritten name entry at the end of the list, which has also been crossed out.
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