Ruth Klinger
Ruth Klinger (born March 13, 1906 in Prague ; † December 15, 1989 in Zurich ) was an actress , cabaret artist , Arnold Zweig's secretary in Palestine and Israel , and later worked there in the diplomatic service and as a journalist.
Life
From 1921 to 1923 she attended drama school at the German Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Prague and at the same time had her first engagements at the New German Theater in Prague . In the period from 1926 to 1930 she could be seen in numerous Berlin theaters in various roles.
In 1930, she and her future husband Maxim Sakaschansky (she was married to him from 1931 to 1945) founded the cabaret Kaftan in Berlin , which quickly conquered the Eastern Jewish audience of the Scheunenviertel and was enthusiastically discussed in the press.
In 1933 she emigrated to Palestine and was also artistically active there, from 1943 to 1947 she was Arnold Zweig's secretary, 1947 foreign correspondent in Prague and from 1948 to 1953 secretary of the Israeli embassy in Prague.
From 1953 to 1966 she was a civil servant in the diplomatic service of the State of Israel, including at the Israeli consulates general in Bern and Zurich . From 1966 to 1971 she held the position of rabbinical secretary in Zurich, where she died in December 1989.
estate
Her estate is in the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute for German-Jewish History in Essen .
literature
- Ludger Heid (ed.): Ruth Klinger: The woman in a caftan. Life story of an actress. Bleicher, Gerlingen 1992, ISBN 3-88350-719-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ruth Klinger in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klinger, Ruth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Israeli cabaret artist, actress, diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 1989 |
| Place of death | Zurich |