von Unruh, Fritz
1885–1970, deutscher Schriftsteller und Maler des Expressionismus.
Walden, Herwarth
1871 – 1941, writer, publisher and musician, moved tot he Soviet Union in 1932
Wälterlin, Oskar
1895-1961, Swiss theatre director and producer. Began his career at the Stadttheater (civic theatre) in Basel. In 1933, he was appointed Senior Director at the opera house and civic theatres in Frankfurt am Main. Director of the Schauspielhaus in Zurich from 1938 until his death.
Weguelin Vieira, Milton César de
1890-?, Brazilian diplomat, helped obtain Brazilian entry visas for the Görgen group.
Wehner, Herbert
1906–1990, German politician, KPD until 1942, SPD from 1946. Deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group and later of the SPD parliamentary faction. Supporter of the reformative Godesberg Programme
Weil, Edgar
dramaturge, first husband of Grete Weil, married in 1932, emigrated together with Grete Weil to the Netherlands, murdered in 1941 in Mauthausen concentration camp
Weil, Simone
1909-1943, French philosopher, emigrated via the USA to England in 1942 where she was active in the French Resistance for Charles De Gaulles; died of anorexia
Weimar Republic
A phase in German history that began after the First World War in 1918 and ended in 1933 when the Nazis seized power.
Weiskopf, Franz Carl
1900-1955, German Jewish writer from Prague, collaborated on anti-Fascist and Communist newspapers; exiled in Paris and the USA.
Weissenstein, Rudi
1910-1992, Fotograf. Ende 1935 Emigration nach Palästina, wo er den Alltag und das kulturelle Leben der jüdischen Einwanderer sowie wichtige politische Ereignisse fotografisch dokumentierte. Das von ihm gegründete Fotogeschäft Pri-Or in Tel Aviv, in dem auch sein umfangreicher fotografischer Nachlass archiviert wird, existiert noch heute.
