Kayser, Rudolf
(1889-1964): German literary historian. Editor at the S. Fischer Publisher, and managing editor of the Neue Rundschau until 1933. Wrote a biography of his father-in-law Albert Einstein under a pseudonym. Emigrated to the Netherlands in 1933 and to New York in 1935.
Keren Hajessod
globally active association that collects donations for Israel. There are three agencies in Germany alone – in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main and Munich.
Kikoler, Arno
1915-1995, photographer. Trained in Berlin at Ernst Schneider’s studio. His photographs, e.g. for the newspaper C.V. Zeitung, document the everyday lives and cultural activities of Jews in Berlin between 1933 and 1936. Emigrated to Brazil in 1936. Worked as a photographer, e.g. for the newspaper A noite; later founded a toy factory.
Kippenberg, Anton
1874-1950, German publisher, from 1905 head of the Insel Verlag publishing house which had been founded 6 years prior.
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig
1880–1938, German painter and graphic designer, one of the most important exponents of Expressionism.
Kleiber, Otto
1883–1969, from 1919 to 1953 features editor of the Basler National-Zeitung newspaper, which during the Nazi era published numerous articles by authors who had emigrated to Switzerland.
Klossowski, Erich
1875-1949, painter of German-Polish origin, lived from 1900 in France and was a fixed resident in Sanary-sur-Mer during the 1930s, had close contact to other German emigrants there
Koeppen, Wolfgang
(1906-1996), writer, did not go into exile in 1933
Koestler, Arthur
1905-1983, Austro-Hungarian writer, studied engineering in Vienna from 1919; member of the KPD (Communist Party of Germany) since 1931, worked in Paris from 1934-1936; war correspondent in the Spanish Civil War in 1937 and from 1940 exile in England; after publishing works of fiction and political works, focus in his writing from 1954 on the natural sciences
Kohner, Paul
1902-1988, was born into a Jewish family in Teplitz-Schönau (Austria-Hungary) where his father owned a cinema. As an 18-year-old he moved to the USA with the support of Universal founder Carl Laemmle and learned the film business at his side. From 1927 to 1930 he worked as a producer in Hollywood. Afterwards he directed productions at Deutsche Universal in Berlin until 1933. After the Nazis seized power, he returned to America and worked as a producer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, until he founded his own artists’ agency in 1938. He continued to work as its director until his death in 1988.
