Spurensuche II: Zwischen Tanzpalästen und Arbeitslager

In the organizer's words:

A search for traces in Hanover under National Socialism

Lecture with Bernd Felbermair

In the 1920s and 30s, there were not only bands in the metropolis of Berlin that played through hot nights in variety theaters and dance halls, but also in Hanover. But little is known about them today because these bands did not record.

But in the case of band leader Charles Hugo (officially: Karl Hugo Oppenheim), a search for traces in Hanover has actually been successful. Thanks to the cataloging of his estate and the memories of his son Werner, his career can be traced in minute detail: his training, his performances in Hanover and elsewhere, his ostracism by the Nazis because of his Jewish father, his internment in a forced labour camp during the underground relocation of the production of the V1 flying bomb and his work as a bandleader in the British Officer's Clubs in early post-war Hanover.

In his lecture, Bernd Felbermair traces this search for clues and illustrates it with unpublished photos, documents from his estate and contemporary shellac records.

All events in the series

February 18: 120 years of Villa Seligmann (guided tour) with Eliah Sakakushev-von Bismarck TICKETS

April 15: Between dance palaces and labor camps: A search for traces in Hanover under National Socialism (lecture with Bernd Felbermair) TICKETS

20 May: The villa of Continental director Siegmund Seligmann (1853-1925) and its architect Hermann Schaedtler (1857-1931) (guided tour with Dr. Birte Rogacki-Thiemann) TICKETS

02 September: History of the Villa Seligmann (guided tour with Dr. Peter Schulze) TICKETS

November 18: Jewish life in Hanover at the beginning of the 20th century TICKETS

Tickets 20/erm. 8 Euro, available in the webshop, at karten@villa-seligmann.de or 0511 844887-200. Admission 5.45 pm.

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