Born in Königsberg, Emilie Brode was a daughter of Ellida Wittich and Max Brode,[1] the founder and conductor of the Königsberg Symphony Orchestra. Until her divorce in 1948, she was married [2] to the Austrian painter Norbert von Stetten. The marriage produced two daughters, Ellida (1919-2008) and Brigitte (b. 1920).[3]
During the National Socialist era, she was banned from performing as a "half-Jew", although she emphasised her own National Socialist sentiments and her husband's party membership, and was only given special permits to work as a music teacher. In Herbert Gerigk's and Theophil Stengel's Lexikon der Juden in der Musik her name already appeared in the first edition (1940).[4]
^Eva WeissweilerAusgemerzt! Das Lexikon der Juden in der Musik und seine mörderischen Folgen. Dittrich, Cologne 1999, ISBN3-920862-25-2, p. 319
Further reading
Hannes Heer, Jürgen Kesting, Peter Schmidt: Verstummte Stimmen: die Bayreuther Festspiele und die "Juden" 1876 bis 1945. Eine Ausstellung. Festspielpark Bayreuth und Ausstellungshalle Neues Rathaus Bayreuth, 22. Juli bis 14. Oktober 2012. Metropol, Berlin 2012, ISBN978-3-86331-087-5, p. 339 and 385