Lisl Steinitz

1913-1991
Soubrette, cabaret artist, 1913 Vienna - 1991 Rostock. Dance and voice studies in Vienna. 1938 engagement Theater an der Wien, dismissed because of the annexation of Austria, escaped to Prague. Deportation to Ghetto Theresienstadt, cabaret performances there with husband Hans Hofer (1907-1973, actor, cabaret artist). Transport to concentration camp Auschwitz, forced labour in munitions industry, concentration camp Mauthausen. After liberation stage lighting in Prague, with Hans Hofer to Rostock.