Anni Sauer
Anni Sauer (born June 16, 1906 in Zellerfeld , † October 2, 1989 in Berlin ) was a German dance teacher.
Sauer trained at Rudolf von Laban's Choreographic Institute in Berlin from 1927 to 1930 . In 1931 she opened her own gymnastics and dance studio in Düsseldorf. In the same year she followed her brother Fritz Sauer into the KPD . In 1933 she emigrated to France, in 1935 to the Soviet Union. During the Stalin Purges , Fritz was executed and Anni was sentenced to camp imprisonment for alleged espionage for Germany. She was not released until 1955. In 1957 she moved to the GDR. The Berlin children's and youth ensemble “Music and Movement” emerged in 1964 from a children's gymnastics group led by her on a voluntary basis, and since 1988 it has been called “ Sadako ” (after Sadako Sasaki ).
literature
- Elfriede Brüning : Companions: Portraits of forgotten women . Dietz Verlag, Berlin 2004. ISBN 978-3320022426
- Wladislaw Hedeler , Inge Münz-Koenen (ed.): "I came to your country as a guest ...". German opponents of Hitler as victims of the Stalin terror. Family fates 1933–1956 . Lukas Verlag, 2013. ISBN 978-3-86732-177-8
Individual evidence
Web links
- Sadako Ensemble
- Anni Sauer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mentioned in a 1992 article in ZEIT
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sour, Anni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dance teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zellerfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2, 1989 |
| Place of death | Berlin |