Doris von Schönthan
German model, journalist, photographer and resistance fighter
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Key Takeaways
- She is characterised as a dazzling figure of the Weimar Republic or bohemian of the Roaring Twenties.
- As an early orphan, she was adopted by the Berlin comedy writer Franz von Schönthan, who together with his brother Paul became known for the comedy Der Raub der Sabinerinnen and worked behind the scenes, for example, on operettas to the music of Eduard Künneke.
- She was portrayed in drawings by Paul Citroen, 1927 but also by the contemporary cultural magazine Der Querschnitt .
Doris von Schönthan (1905–1961), born Maria-Dorothea Ehemann (also Doris Ehemann; Doris von Salomon; Doris de Salomon; Maria-Dorothea von Salomon; Maria-Dorothea von Schönthan; Maria-Dorothea von Salomon-Schönthan; Doris von Salomon-Schönthan), called 'Dorinde', was a German model, a copywriter, journalist and photographer. She is characterised as a dazzling figure of the Weimar Republic or bohemian of the Roaring Twenties.
Family and circle of friends
Schönthan was born in Worms. As an early orphan, she was adopted by the Berlin comedy writer Franz von Schönthan, who together with his brother Paul became known for the comedy Der Raub der Sabinerinnen and worked behind the scenes, for example, on operettas to the music of Eduard Künneke. Professionally, she was partly employed, partly freelance, such as for a Berlin "advertising service of American style" (advertising agency), for Berlin daily newspapers, magazines and illustrated papers. She was portrayed in drawings by Paul Citroen, 1927 but also by the contemporary cultural magazine Der Querschnitt.
Schönthan belonged to the circle of friends around the closely connected siblings Erika and Klaus Mann, into which she brought Grete Dispeker (later married Weil), their friend from their shared childhood days at Tegernsee The brothers Edgar (1908-1941) and Hans Joseph Weil (1906-1969) and their friend Walter Jockisch (1907-1970) were also integrated. Dispeker admiringly called her a cherub.
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