1. In the Carl Laemmle commemorative year 2017, the 150th anniversary of his birth, the charismatic Uncle Carl is receiving considerable attention for his work and impact as a successful Hollywood pioneer and the founder of Universal Studios, as well as for his humanitarian engagement. Both Laemmle’s life and films are intimately tied to the political situation through which he lived. Drawing upon letters from the National Archives in Washington D.C., Udo Bayer’s book documents how Carl Laemmle untiringly employed his influence, money, power and energy to provide hundreds of persecuted German Jews with affadavits and thus save them from the Nazi-regime. Already published in Germany in 1996 and the USA in 1998, the Carl Laemmle commemorative year 2017 provides the occasion for this book to be brought to public attention once more. Carl Laemmle’s exceptional humanitarian dedication in the interwar years, in particular in the 1930’s, attests to his deep compassion for the Jews in Germany and his selfless readiness to help them.weiterlesen