Pictures of Inga Ley

[Helge]

Thanks Duncan. Watch as the SS admires Inga.

[Helge]

She had the reputation of being one of the most beautiful women in the Third Reich. Hitler reportedly said of her "How can a man (Robert Ley) not be in seventh heaven with such a woman?" I think this was in reference to Ley's abuses toward her with drink and infidelity (Albert Speer: "Inside the Third Reich"). Hitler knew his labor minister was quite flawed in that regard, yet he stayed out of their private life.

She apparently had a mystical hold on Robert, who is said to have commisserated with her dead spirit in his Nuremberg jail cell, writing her remorseful letters in his depression and delerium caused by the separation of alcohol (as reported from the book by Douglas Kelley "22 Cells in Nuremberg").

Ley wanted to be buried beside his deceased wife he said Frau Wanderer (Mistress of Robert Ley)

[Helge]

Does anyone know Frau Ley's date of birth?

With thanks in advance,
~ Mike

8 März 1916 in Breslau ( March 8, 1916)

[Helge]

Inga's father (Max Spilcker) was born Hamburg 6.8.1892, died Bonn 26. 1. 1954

Photo: Year 1927. Source: Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig

[J. Duncan]

Helge
I am confused about the above posts. If Inge was born on March 8, 1916, her father "Max Spilcker" (born August 8,1892) would have only been age 13 when she was born (very unusual)...is this correct? Are you certain of this?

[Helge]

Helge
I am confused about the above posts. If Inge was born on March 8, 1916, her father "Max Spilcker" (born August 8,1892) would have only been age 13 when she was born (very unusual)...is this correct? Are you certain of this?

(1916 - 1892) = 24 - He was 23 years and seven months when she was born Inga

[Helge]

Max Spilcker: Inga's father.
*Max Spilcker was from 1938 director of the opera in Kaiserslautern and Palatinate from 1943 to 1944 director in Königsberg
*Source: http://archiv.preussische-allgemeine.de ... _17_33.pdf
Photo source: Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig

[Helge]

Max Spilcker als Wolfram von Eschenbach in "Tannhäuser"
Photo source: Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig

[Helge]

Max Spilcker in "Mirakel" autographed photograph. Palm Fritz Fotograf
Photo source: Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig

[J. Duncan]

Sorry Helge...how utterly stupid of me. I saw the dates and screwed up the math in my head. I'm leaving my mistake up there just to show that "yours truly" is not as bright as he thinks he is. That's the dumbest post I've made. Interesting photos though. I really like the material you find.

[Michael Miller]

Wonderful posts, Helge. Many thanks.

~ Mike

[Helge]

Sorry Helge...how utterly stupid of me. I saw the dates and screwed up the math in my head. I'm leaving my mistake up there just to show that "yours truly" is not as bright as he thinks he is. That's the dumbest post I've made. Interesting photos though. I really like the material you find.

No problem, Duncan! Happens to me many times to make mistakes ....
A greeting and a handshake from Helge to Duncan

[Helge]

Wonderful posts, Helge. Many thanks.

~ Mike

Thank you Michael for what you do for us every day.

Helge

[Helge]

Spilcker, Max : Singer - 6.8.1892, Hamburg - 26.1.1954, Bonn.
Spilcker studied singing with Ernst Grenzebach in Berlin and received an engagement at the Lübeck Municipel Theatre in 1913. After serving in World War I, he continued his career at the Hamburg Operetta Theatre in 1917, sang at the Rostock Municipal Theatre from 1918 onwards and at the Dortmund Municipal Theatre from 1920 to 1923 and was engaged at the Berlin State Opera in 1923. From 1926 to 1935 he was a member of the ensemble at the Leipzig opera-house, where lie sang the role of Beaumarchais in tlie premiere of Max Ettinger's Clavigo (1927). Spilcker was en­gaged at the Municipal Theatre in Königsberg (Kaliningrad) from 1935 to 1938. He ran the Kaiserslautern Theatre in 1938-39 and was theatre director in Königsberg from 1939 to 1943 and at the Wiesbaden State Theatre in 1943-44. He could still be heard at the Flora Theater in Hamburg in 1949. Spilcker was also successful as a concert and oratorio singer. His repertoire included Ottokar in Der Freischütz, Kothner in Die Meistersinger and Falstaff.

Source: De Gruyter - Walther Killy : Dictionary of german biography Vol. 9

[bob7708]

Great pictures Helga. Many thanks!