Lisl Steinitz
Elisabeth "Lisl" Steinitz (born December 16, 1912 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † February 11, 1991 in Rostock , Germany ) was an Austrian singer and actress .
Life
Elisabeth Steinitz made her professional debut in 1933 at the Österreichisches Städtebundtheater in Vienna. She worked as a soubrette and in the cabaret performances of her husband Hans Hofer . After the annexation of Austria , the Jewish artist was released from the Theater an der Wien and then fled to Prague with her husband in early May 1938 . There she continued her work on cabaret stages.
Steinitz and her husband were arrested in 1942 and deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto . There Lisl Steinitz appeared as a singer and actress in her husband's productions - revues like Es tut sich was . At the beginning of October 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz . As the Red Army approached , Lisl Steinitz was "evacuated" and taken to Mauthausen concentration camp . There the artist experienced her liberation.
Steinitz and Hofer initially returned to Prague, where Lisl Steinitz initially found employment as a theater lighting technician. In 1960 the couple settled in Rostock and continued their stage work at the local Volkstheater .
literature
- Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 326.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Steinitz, Lisl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steinitz, Elisabeth (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian singer and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1991 |
| Place of death | Rostock , Germany |