Gerhart Hauptmann
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Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well. H
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Hauptmann with his father, Robert.
Hauptmann at the age of seventeen.
Hauptmann at his atelier in Rome.
Gottbegnadeten list
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The Gottbegnadeten-Liste was a 36-page list of artists considered crucial to National Socialist culture. The list was assembled in September 1944 by Joseph Goebbels, the head of the Ministry of Public
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…on for four years. It comprises Iphigenia in Delphi, Iphigenia in Aulis, Agamemnon's Death, and Electra. In 1944, Hauptmann's name was included in the Gottbegnadeten list (the "God-gifted list"), a list of artists considered crucial to the German culture, who were therefore exempt from mobilization in the war effort. He…
Friedrich Kayßler, one of the "irreplaceable actors" on the list
Sculptor Arno Breker
Actor Heinrich Schroth
Writer Hans Grimm