Editions Prométhée
publishing house in the French city of Strasbourg that published several German-language antifascist books from 1933 to 1940.
Eemnes
one of several districts along the river Eem with towns and communities merging together in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands
Eichmann, Adolf
1906-1962, during the era of Nazi power, responsible for organising the expulsion and deportation of Jews and thus co-responsible for their murder. He was sentenced to death in a high-profile trial in Israel.
Einstein, Albert
1879-1955, important physician, Nobel lauerate who emigrated to the USA in 1933 and received American citizenship in 1940
Eisenstein, Sergej
1898-1948, Soviet film director, made the influential classic Battleship Potemkin in 1925
Ellington, Duke
1899-1974, influential US jazz musician (pianist and composer).
Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German/Foreign Scholars
Aid organisation in the USA that offered assistance to scientists and academics in particular
Engel, Erich
1891-1966, German director.
Ensor, James Sidney
(1860 - 1949), Belgian painter and illustrator, known as the painter of masks.
Entré Aide Autrichienne
Conservative Austrian aid organisation whose members were mostly Catholic with monarchist leanings
Eretz Israel
Term from the biblical description of Israel as the Promised Land. Zionism took up the term to express the desire to return there.
Expressionism:
Movement in painting, literature, music and film that spanned the late 19th and early 20th century. The Nazis vilified Expressionist works as “degenerate art”.
