Sasha Marianna Salzmann
Born 21. August 1985Writer, Theaterautorin, Dramaturgin, EssayistinSasha Marianna Salzmann was born in Volgograd, grew up in Moscow, and emigrated with her family to Germany in 1995 as a so-called Jewish quota refugee. “The teachers at school asked us who we were, and we said Volga Germans, German Russians, Russians, Ukrainians, Jews (naturally without gendering, since we were still a long way from even having heard of it),” wrote Sasha Marianna Salzmann in an article for taz published in 2018.
Eric Schaal
Portrayer of artistsBorn on 18 August 1905Died on 26 April 1994PhotographerEric Schaal had been interested in everything to do with art since his childhood. He was given his first camera for his Bar Mitzvah and learned how to use it at a nearby photo studio.
Josef Scharl
Born on 9 December 1896Died on 6 December 1954Painter, Graphic designerIn 1938, the painter and graphic artist Josef Scharl, who painted in the style of the New Objectivity, could only paint in secret in Germany. In the eyes of the Nazis his paintings were “degenerate art”.
René Schickele
Pacifist in second exileBorn on 4 August 1883Died on 31 January 1940WriterWhen René Schickele left Germany in September 1932, he was of the opinion that the Nazis’ coming to power was only a matter of time. He rented out his house in Badenweiler and settled with his family in Sanary-sur-Mer. What he initially planned as a temporary stay turned into an exile without return.
Arnold Schönberg
Composer as a calling – teacher out of passionBorn on 13 September 1874Died on 13 July 1951ComposerArnold Schönberg had his first successes as a composer in Berlin from 1902 onwards. He earned a modest living as a teacher of music theory.
Roberto Schopflocher
Born on 14 April 1923Died on 23 January 2016WriterRobert Schopflocher was born into an assimilated German-Jewish family. After the Nazis seized power, he was excluded from attending the humanistic grammar school in Fürth and instead attended a Jewish boarding school.
Lili Schultz
Born on 21 June 1895Died on 18 June 1970Enamel ArtistUntil she fled the GDR in March 1958, the life of enamel artist Lili Schultz was very closely tied up with Burg Giebichenstein Art Academy in Halle (Saale). With the exception of a few years, which included a period at Bauhaus under Josef Albers and Wassily Kandinsky, she studied and taught there for four decades.
Heinz Schwerin
Bauhaus toys for PalestineBorn on 4 February 1910Died on 3 February 1948DesignerAfter finishing high school and completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter, Heinz Schwerin started studying at the Dessau Bauhaus school in summer 1931. He spent two semesters at the workshop for buildings and extensions and was also active as a student representative.
Ricarda Schwerin
A non-Jewish atheist in PalestineBorn on 30 January 1912Died on 29 July 1999PhotographerAt the age of 18, Ricarda Meltzer took up her studies at the Bauhaus in Dessau in the summer semester of 1930 with the goal of becoming a photographer. After finishing the preliminary course, she continued her education in the photo class of Walter Peterhans, among others.
Kurt Schwitters
Born on 20 June 1887Died on 8 January 1948Painter, WriterUntil autumn 1936, the painter Kurt Schwitters had tried to reassure himself, but in those November days in Amsterdam he seriously considered fleeing abroad, or at least considered a lengthy absence. In his hometown of Hanover, leftist artists were increasingly being spied on and arrested by the Gestapo.
