Lally Horstmann | |
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,_1921,_lot-6327993.jpg) 1921 watercolor portrait of Hortsmann by Edvard Munch | |
| Born | Léonie Lizzie Fanny Helene Schwabach 17 March 1898 |
| Died | 10 August 1954 (aged 56) |
| Nationality | German |
| Other names | Lali Hortsmann Lally von Schwabach |
| Occupation(s) | writer salonnière |
| Spouse | Alfred Horstmann (1919–1947, his death) |
| Partner | Anthony Marreco (1951–1954, her death) |
| Parent(s) | Paul von Schwabach Eleanor Schröder |
| Relatives | Vera von der Heydt (sister) Julius Leopold Schwabach (grandfather) Erik-Ernst Schwabach (cousin) |
Lally Horstmann (née Léonie Lizzie Fanny Helene von Schwabach; 17 March 1898 – 10 August 1954) was a German writer and salonnière. She had a privileged upbringing as member of the Berliner Jewish bourgeoisie. During her childhood, her family was elevated to the Prussian nobility by Wilhelm II. She married a German diplomat and art collector and became involved in literary and political salons. She authored two memoirs, Kein Grund für Tränen and Unendlich viel ist uns geblieben, which documented her life in Nazi Germany during World War II. Following her husband's death in a Soviet Gulag she fled to Brazil, where she died in 1954.