The technical staff of the Hessian Landestheater Darmstadt was systematically purged of all individuals regarded as hostile. On June 12, 1933, the theater’s employees summarily received termination notices, effective July 31, 1933. No reasons were provided. In the weeks that followed, their political and family backgrounds were reviewed by a partisan “Purification Committee”. Those classified as Jewish or politically undesirable were not rehired.
Born on June 6, 1889, in Taunus, Johanna Lösch began working as a cleaner at the Hessian Landestheater Darmstadt in 1923. She lost her position after calling Hitler a “scoundrel”. Lösch died in 1968 in Darmstadt.
1889 Wehen
1968 Darmstadt