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Mathilde Einsig , married. Brandeis (born February 13, 1886 in Frankfurt am Main ; † January 1, 1963 there ) was a German actress of Jewish faith .

Life

Mathilde Einzig was the daughter of Leopold and Rosalie Einzig and came from an old Jewish family in Frankfurt. Her father was the first concertmaster of the Frankfurt Opera . She was a student at the Philanthropin . During her school days, the desire to become an actress grew in her. Back then headed director Emil Claar the spectacle Frankfurt . At the age of 16 she auditioned for him and in 1902 initially got smaller roles in opera and drama, and from 1908 also bigger ones. During her time at the theater, only studied with Max Bayrhammer and the actress Thessa Klinkhammer and was friends with Toni Impekoven . In this way she acquired skills as a director and teacher, so that in 1930 she could look back on a successful career at her 25th stage anniversary in a performance of Sturm im Wasserglas . Since 1919 she taught at the Frankfurt drama school, which she co-founded . As an actress, she played mainly as a character actress and was known and loved by the audience , especially in mother roles, as a comic old woman and interpreter in Frankfurt dialect. In 1931 she directed the theatrical performance of “ Emil and the Detectives ” and the Frankfurt folk play “ Alt-Frankfurt ” by the writer Adolf Stoltze .

At the first Römerberg Festival in the summer of 1932 she played Elisabeth in Alwin Kronacher's production of Urgötz , alongside Heinrich George , and the role of Klarchen's mother in Egmont . After the Nazi takeover , which took place on March 13, 1933, Frankfurt, immediately began the DC circuit of the Municipal Theater . The directors of opera and drama, Josef Turnau and Alwin Kronacher, general music director Hans-Wilhelm Steinberg and senior theater director Fritz Peter Buch were dismissed on March 28th. On April 7, 17 singers and actors followed who were denounced on a list of the NSBO as “ Jews , half-Jews or politically unreliable ” and declared undesirable.

Although Eins was Jewish herself , she was initially not dismissed because she had been a member of the ensemble before 1914. Nevertheless, she and her family were preparing for a quick departure. In the resumption of Egmont to the Römerberg Festival in 1933, she was no longer allowed to perform. On August 7, 1933, she left voluntarily in exchange for a severance payment of 5000 Reichsmarks and then went to Switzerland. In 1934 the family emigrated to Palestine . After the war she returned to Europe in 1947. First she lived in London , later in Lucerne , and worked as an actress again. In 1949 she appeared again for the first time at the Frankfurter Schauspiel and followed up on earlier successes as Frau Funk in Alt-Frankfurt . In 1952 she played in the Fritz Rémond Theater the Gudula Rothschild in the five Frankfurt . In 1957 she returned to Frankfurt and lived there until her death. On her return she received honorary membership of the Städtische Bühnen for her achievements in Frankfurt theater life in the early 20th century.

Career

The emancipation of women in acting at the beginning of the 20th century can be traced in Mathilde Einzig's career . She was a confident actress who directed and received and passed on a professional apprenticeship. You can also see the integration of the Jewish citizens of Frankfurt into the city's cultural scene from the late 19th century to 1933.

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  1. ↑ Janine Burnick, Jürgen Steen: The "cleansing" of the urban stages. In: Frankfurt am Main 1933–1945. Institute for Urban History , October 21, 2014, accessed on May 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Only, Mathilde
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brandeis, Mathilde
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1963
Place of death Frankfurt am Main