Ross Verlag, Part 5: The final Years

In 1937, founder Heinrich Ross of the German publishing company Ross Verlag. was forced out of his own company by the National Socialists through their Arisierung (Aryanisation) program. As a Jew, he was not permitted to own a business anymore. The Nazis retained the Ross Verlag name until 1941. For this post, it was much harder to find interesting postcards than for the earlier Ross posts. Not only the founder was missed but also many of the great artists of the Weimar Republic had fled the Third Reich. So both before and behind the camera, a dramatic brain drain had taken place. However, Nazi Germany still produced some classic films and among the many glamour portraits, some are more than mere kitsch.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, Berlin, no. A 1290, 1937-1938. Photo: Tobis / Eichberg-Film. Frits van Dongen (Fritz van Dongen in Germany and Philip Dorn in Hollywood) in Der Tiger von Eschnapur/The Tiger of Eschnapur (Richard Eichberg, 1938).


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 1379/1, 1937-1938. Photo: Donau-Film. Geraldine Katt in Florentine (Karel Lamac, 1937).


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 1623/1, 1937-1938. Photo: Sandau. Anneliese Uhlig.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 1745/2, 1937-1938. Photo: Wog, Berlin. Collection: Didier Hanson. La Jana in Der Tiger von Eschnapur/The Tiger of Eschnapur (Richard Eichberg, 1938).


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 1772/1, 1937-1938. Photo: Sandau, Berlin. Collection: Didier Hanson. Lída Baarová.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 1787/1, 1937-1938. Photo: Manassé - Ricoli. Traudl Stark.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 1859/2, 1937-1938. Photo: Sandau, Berlin. Peter Bosse.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 2046/1, 1939-1940. Photo: Atelier Willott, Berlin. Wolfgang Liebeneiner.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 2401/1, 1939-1940. Photo: Tobis / Sandau. Viktor de Kowa.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 2592/1, 1941-1944. Photo: Tobis / Quick. Irene von Meyendorff.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 2745/2, 1941-1944. Brigitte Horney.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 2879/2, 1939-1940. Photo: Brix / Tobis. Hans Albers in Trenck, der Pandur/Major Trenck (Herbert Selpin, 1940).


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 3118/1, 1941-1944. Photo: Terra / Wien-Film. Paul Hörbiger in Der liebe Augustin/The Dear Augustin (E.W. Emo, 1940).


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 3146/1, 1941-1944. Photo: Ufa. Paul Kemp in, probably, Fahrt ins Abenteuer/Trip Into Adventure (Jürgen von Alten, 1943), in which he wears the same costume and the same bow tie.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 3171/1, 1941-1944. Photo: Tita Binz / DIFU. Clara Calamai.


German postcard by Ross-Verlag, no. A 3178/2, 1941-1944. Isa Miranda.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 3194, 1941-1944. Photo: Harcourt-Schostal. Charles Trenet.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 3204/1, 1941-1944. Photo: Baumann / Ufa. Lotte Koch.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, Berlin, no. A 3218/2, 1941-1944. Photo: Tita Binz, Berlin. Hansi Knoteck.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 3227/2, 1941-1944. Photo: Ufa / Baumann. Heinz Rühmann in Der Gassmann/The Gas Man (Carl Froelich, 1941).


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 3253/1, 1941-1944. Photo: Baumann / Terra. Joachim Gottschalk in Die schwedische Nachtigall/The Swedish nightingale (Peter Paul Brauer, 1941).


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3359/1. Photo: Haenchen / Tobis. Hannelore Schroth.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 3362/1, 1941-1944. Photo: Karl Ewald. Theo Lingen.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 3419/1, 1941-1944. Photo: Ufa. Mireille Balin.


German postcard by Ross-Verlag, no. A 2745, 1941-1944. Photo: Tobis. La Jana in Stern von Rio/Stern von Rio (Karl Anton, 1940).

Our Ross Verlag Tribute will be continued on 16 October. In the meanwhile, check out the Ross Verlag Movie Stars Postcards website.