Kolb, Walter
1902–1956, German politician, Social Democrat. Member of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold. Forced into retirement from 1933 and worked as a lawyer; interned several times, went underground towards the end of the war. From 1946 first freely elected lord mayor of the city of Frankfurt am Main.
Kolzow, Michail
1898 - 1942, Soviet journalist and publisher, founder of the Jourgaz publishing house in Moscow, chairman of the International Commission of the Soviet Writers' Union, journalist in the Spanish civil war. Following his arrest in Moscow in 1938 he fell victim to Stalinist repression.
Kooga, Abrahão
1912-2000, publisher of Russian-Jewish origin, resident in Rio de Janeiro, acquainted with Stefan Zweig since 1936, whose works he published in Portuguese
Korda, Alexander
(1893-1956), Hungarian-British film producer and director, brother of Vincent Korda, lived from 1932 in London. His film The Thief of Bagdad was awarded three Oscars.
Korda, Vincent
(1896-1979), Hungarian film architect and brother of Alexander Korda, lived from 1932 to 1940 in London. He won an Oscar for Best Art Direction for the film The Thief of Bagdad (1940).
Kreisky, Bruno
1911–1990, Austrian social democratic politician. Chancellor of Austria from 1970 to 1983.
Kriegsfibel (War reader)
During his exile, Bertolt Brecht collected newspaper articles and photographs and commented on his collection in verse. He called it his Kriegsfiebel.
Kundt Commission
Named after the Nazi legation counsellor, Ernst Kundt (1897-1947), the commission had the task of locating Germans in occupied France and surrendering them to the German Reich. The Commission also visited the French internment camps.
Kunstenaarsvereniging De Onafhankelijken
“The Independents” artists’ association was founded in 1912 by artists in Amsterdam against established conceptions, and campaigning for freedom in creating and exhibiting work. It was taken over by the newly formed Culture Chamber under German occupation.
Kunstkammer
founded by Arthur Seyss-Inquart, the Reich Commissioner in the Netherlands in September 1941, as a mandatory umbrella association for all artists and cultural workers and their organisations in the Netherlands; however, Germans were excluded.
