Posts Tagged ‘Weimar Republic’
From the Archives: A Woman’s Right to Vote and Germany’s 1932 Presidential Elections
When national elections occur here in the United States I always run a few relevant posts from the archives, because I don’t think it is possible to overemphasize how important the right to vote it. This ran for the first time in 1921 I’m still working my way through the articles Sigrid Schultz published…
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Anita Berber: Dance Hard, Die Young
Unlike the “Blond Hans,” who made regular appearances in Sigrid Schultz’s letters and memoirs, Schultz mentioned Expressionist dancer, cabaret artist, and actress Anita Berber (1899-1928) only once. A year after Berber’s death, Schultz described Berber as “the wild woman of inflation days—who burned away her great dancing talent with dope and wild parties, portraying her…
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“The Blond Hans”
One of the ideas that appears over and over again in the statements made by her contemporaries about Sigrid Schultz is that she “knew everyone.” Working through her letters and draft memoirs, it certainly seemed to be true. I found correspondence from people like novelist Paul Gallico and dancer and choreographer Ted Shawn that made…
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