GERMAN FILM ACTORS AND ACTRESSES OF WORLD WAR II ERA (27)

GERMAN FILM ACTORS AND ACTRESSES OF WORLD WAR II ERA (27)
Group of 27 signed postcard photographs (unless specified otherwise) of prominent German film actors and actresses of World War II, many of whom appeared in propaganda films of the time. Included is: EMIL JANNINGS (Academy Award recipient), RENATE MULLER (a suicide or murdered by the SS for refusing propaganda roles), MAGDA SCHNEIDER, whom Hitler declared to be his favorite actress, S.P. with a second signature on a card, LUIS TRENKER, LILLIAN HARVEY, LIDA BAAROVA (who became Joseph Goebbels' mistress), KRISTINA SODERBAUM, KATHE VON NAGY (allegedly approached by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, who asked her to be the face and body for sex dolls provided to German soldiers as a way to combat syphilis at the front), ANTON LANG, JOHANNES HEESTERS, JOHANNES HEESTERS (believed to have performed for the SS at the Dachau concentration camp), ALBRECHT SCHOENHALS, whose career was damaged when he refused the title role in 'Jud Suss', JOACHIM GOTTSCHALK (2), HEIDEMARIE HATHEYER, HENRY LIEDTKE (2), killed with his wife by Red Army soldiers; ELSA VON MOLLENDORFF, BRIGITTE HORNEY, HANNELORE SCHROTH, WILLY FRITSCH, GUSTAV FROHLICH, MARIKA ROKK (one postcard photo, one 5.5 x 9 in.), and ZARAH LEANDER. Overall very good to fine. 27 pieces.