Inge von Wangenheim

Ingeborg von Wangenheim
Inge von Wangenheim during the 1930s in Moscow
Born
Ingeborg Franke

(1912-07-01)1 July 1912
Died6 April 1993(1993-04-06) (aged 80)
Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
NationalityGerman
Soviet Union (since 1937)
Occupation(s)Actress
writer
Political partyKPD
SED
Spouse
(m. 1931; div. 1954)
Children4, including Friedel

Ingeborg "Inge" von Wangenheim (née Franke; 1 July 1912 – 6 April 1993)[1] was a German actress[2] who married actor Gustav Von Wangenheim[3] and joined the Communist Party. After the war, she became a successful East German writer.[2][4][5]

She also had a talent for photography: she left an intriguing photographic archive from the years she spent living in Moscow during the 1930s and 40s.[6] The archive is the more remarkable because it concerns a time and places where, for both economic and political reasons, very few people would have had access to photographic equipment.

  1. ^ Thomas Haas (photographer). "Inge von Wangenheim (grave picture)". "Find a Grave", Utah. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b Maren Horn. "Wangenheim, Inge(borg) von geb. Franke * 1.7.1912, † 6.4.1993 Schriftstellerin, Schauspielerin, Regisseurin". Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. ^ Editor in chief: Rudolf Augstein (2 February 1950). "AKTIVISTEN / BÜHNE UND FILM Hochzeit gestrichen". Der Spiegel (online). Retrieved 17 December 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Annerose Kirchner interviewing Laura von Wangenheim about Laura's grandmother (1 October 2013). "Inge von Wangenheim, die unbekannte Großmutter". Ostthüringer Zeitung, Gera (online). Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  5. ^ Wolfgang von Knappe (interviewer). "NACHRUF AUF: INGE VON WARNHEIM" (PDF). EUROPÄISCHE KULTUR- UND INFORMATIONSZENTRUM IN THÜRINGEN (EKT) Via Regia. Retrieved 17 December 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Claus-Ulrich Bielefeld (15 February 2014). "Sie lebte im gelobten Land: "Ich empfehle, nicht daran zu rühren": Als überzeugte Kommunistin ging Inge von Wagenheim 1933 ins russische Exil. Ihre jetzt von ihrer Enkelin herausgegebenen Fotografien zeugen vom unbeirrbaren Glauben an eine Utopie, die sich als Albtraum erwies". Die Welt. Die Welt (online). Retrieved 17 December 2014.