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02 October 2024

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.

Frits van Dongen in Der Tiger von Eschnapur (1938)
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).

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

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

La Jana
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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hans Albers in Trenck, der Pandur (1940)
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).

Paul Hörbiger
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).

Paul Kemp
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.

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

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

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

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

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

Heinz Rühmann
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).

Joachim Gottschalk in Die schwedische Nachtigall (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).

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

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

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

La Jana in Stern von Rio (1940)
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.

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