Anna Simon (General Manager)

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Anna Simon (born August 3, 1892 in Hamburg ; † November 16, 1964 there ) was a German theater director and director of the St. Pauli Theater .

Life

Anna Simon was the daughter of a road construction company who introduced her to Low German culture and Hamburg's business life at an early age. She married Siegfried Simon, who ran the St. Pauli Theater, which was then the Ernst Drucker Theater . The couple had children Kurt (1916–1975) and Edith (1918–1982). After Siegfried Simon died unexpectedly in 1924, Anna Simon took over the management of the theater. Edith Simon later took over commercial activities, Kurt Simon the artistic direction.

Historic stone in
the women's garden

Since the previous owner of the theater, Ernst Drucker, was a Jew, the theater had to be renamed the St. Pauli Theater on May 24, 1941 for the 100th anniversary . Since Siegfried Simon was also Jewish, the children Kurt and Anna Simon were considered "non-Aryan". Therefore, the National Socialists banned the planned commemorative publication for the anniversary, in which Kurt and Anna Simon could be seen. After the end of the Second World War , during which the theater was undamaged, the theater reopened on August 29, 1945 with a performance of the lemon jet . Anna Simon looked after actors and writers, organized the theater's decoration and costumes and took care of the box office. On her 65th birthday, she received the medal for loyal work in the service of the people from the Hamburg Senate .

Anna Simon, who ran the theater until the end of her life, died of serious cancer. Her tombstone is now in the women's garden at the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg.

literature

Web links

  • Rita Bake: Anna Simon women's biographies on Hamburg.de
personal data
SURNAME Simon, Anna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater director
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1964
Place of death Hamburg