# Ida Ehre

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**Ida Ehre** (iː.da ˈeː.ʁə; 9 July 1900 – 16 February 1989) was an Austrian-German actor, theatre director, and manager.

## Biography

Ehre was born in [Přerov](/source/P%C5%99erov), [Moravia](/source/Moravia) in 1900. Her father was a [hazzan](/source/Hazzan) (Hebrew cantor). She learned acting at the [University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna](/source/University_of_Music_and_Performing_Arts,_Vienna). She made her acting debut at the Stadttheater in [Bielitz](/source/Bielsko-Bia%C5%82a), and appeared in theatres in [Budapest](/source/Budapest), [Cottbus](/source/Cottbus), [Bonn](/source/Bonn), [Königsberg](/source/K%C3%B6nigsberg), [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart) and at the [National Theatre Mannheim](/source/National_Theatre_Mannheim). From 1930, she appeared at the [Lessing Theater](/source/Lessing_Theater) in Berlin.

In [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany), she was not allowed to work in acting because she was Jewish, and so she helped in the gynaecolological practice of her husband, Dr. Bernhard Heyde (1899–1978), in [Böblingen](/source/B%C3%B6blingen). After the [Kristallnacht](/source/Kristallnacht), she planned to emigrate to Chile with her husband and her daughter Ruth (born 20 October 1927 in [Mannheim](/source/Mannheim)), but the ship they were on was ordered to return to Hamburg because of the outbreak of [World War II](/source/World_War_II). She was later arrested by the [Gestapo](/source/Gestapo) and interned in the [concentration camp Fuhlsbüttel](/source/Fuhlsb%C3%BCttel#Concentration_camp_Fuhlsbüttel) for six weeks.[1]

After the war, on 10 December 1945 she opened the Hamburger Kammerspiele theatre in the Hartungstraße in [Rotherbaum](/source/Rotherbaum) in a theatre building that had been used by the [Jüdischer Kulturbund](/source/J%C3%BCdischer_Kulturbund) until 1941.[2] In addition to modern German drama such as [Wolfgang Borchert](/source/Wolfgang_Borchert)‘s ‘’[The Man Outside](/source/The_Man_Outside)’’ (German: ‘’Draußen vor der Tür’’), she brought modern pieces by playwrights from other countries for the first time in Germany, including plays by [Jean Anouilh](/source/Jean_Anouilh), [T. S. Eliot](/source/T._S._Eliot), [Jean Giraudoux](/source/Jean_Giraudoux), [Jean-Paul Sartre](/source/Jean-Paul_Sartre) and [Thornton Wilder](/source/Thornton_Wilder). She continued managing the theatre until her death in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg) from a heart attack[3] in 1989.[4] After her death, she was given an honorary grave in [Ohlsdorf Cemetery](/source/Ohlsdorf_Cemetery) next to [Gustaf Gründgens](/source/Gustaf_Gr%C3%BCndgens).[5]

## Honours

In 1971, she was a member of the jury at the [21st Berlin International Film Festival](/source/21st_Berlin_International_Film_Festival).[6]

In 1984, she became the first female honorary citizen of Hamburg. She was also made an honorary doctor by the [University of Hamburg](/source/University_of_Hamburg). In 1971, she won the [Schiller Prize of the City of Mannheim](/source/Schiller_Prize_of_the_City_of_Mannheim). In 1984, she received the Silberne Blatt (silver leaf) of the [Dramatiker-Union](/source/Dramatiker-Union) (dramatists' union).

In the [Altstadt](/source/Altstadt,_Hamburg) quarter of Hamburg, part of the square of [Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz](/source/Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz), named after [Gerhart Hauptmann](/source/Gerhart_Hauptmann), was renamed Ida-Ehre-Platz in 2000.[7] In 2001, the Jahn-Schule in [Eimsbüttel](/source/Eimsb%C3%BCttel), Hamburg was renamed the Ida-Ehre-Gesamtschule following a second vote after a first vote had preferred the name Gesamtschule am Grindel.[8]

## Films

- *[In Those Days](/source/In_Those_Days)* (German: *In jenen Tagen*), 1947, Regie: [Helmut Käutner](/source/Helmut_K%C3%A4utner), mit [Willy Maertens](/source/Willy_Maertens)
- *[The Prisoner](/source/The_Prisoner_(1949_film))* (1949)
- *[You Don't Shoot at Angels](/source/You_Don't_Shoot_at_Angels)* (1960)
- *[The Dead Eyes of London](/source/The_Dead_Eyes_of_London)* (German: *Die toten Augen von London*), 1961, Regie: [Alfred Vohrer](/source/Alfred_Vohrer), mit [Joachim Fuchsberger](/source/Joachim_Fuchsberger)
- *[The Gypsy Baron](/source/The_Gypsy_Baron_(1962_film))* (1962)
- *[The Investigation](/source/The_Investigation_(1966_West_German_film))* (1966, TV film)

## Bibliography

- Ida Ehre, Helmut Schmidt: *Gott hat einen größeren Kopf, mein Kind...*. Rowohlt, Reinbek, ISBN 3-499-12160-3
- Ida Ehre, Sepp Schelz: *Zeugen des Jahrhunderts. Ida Ehre*. Ullstein, 1999 ISBN 3-548-33252-8

## Further reading

- Anna Brenken: *Ida Ehre*. Ellert und Richter, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-8319-0095-7
- Wolfgang Homering (Hrsg.): *Ida Ehre im Gespräch mit Sepp Schelz*. Ullstein, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-548-33252-8
- Verena Joos: *Ida Ehre. "Mutter Courage des Theaters"*. Econ und List, München 1999, ISBN 3-612-26568-7
- Michaela Giesing, *Ida Ehre and Hamburg's Kammerspiele Theater*, in: Key Documents of German-Jewish History, October 16, 2017 [doi:10.23691/jgo:article-210.en.v1](https://doi.org/10.23691/jgo:article-210.en.v1)

## References

1. Robertson, Struan. ["Nos. 9–11 Hartungstraße"](http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/rz3a035//hartungstrasse.html). *Buildings Integral to the Former Life and/or Persecution of Jews in Hamburg - Rotherbaum II/Harvestehude*. University of Hamburg. Retrieved 2008-12-10.

1. Robertson, Struan. ["No. 9 Hartungstraße"](http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/rz3a035//hartung9.html). University of Hamburg. Retrieved 2008-12-10.

1. ["Ida Ehre, 88, Is Dead; West German Actress"](https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE2D81F3AF93BA25751C0A96F948260). *Obituary*. The New York Times. 1989-02-18. Retrieved 2008-12-10.

1. Steinhäuser, Rosemarie (2006-03-21). ["Hamburger Kammerspiele"](http://www.tanimola.de/engl/theatre.htm). *Theatres in Hamburg*. Tanimola. Retrieved 2008-12-10.

1. ["Ida Ehre"](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22025). Find a Grave. 2001-05-05. Retrieved 2008-12-10.

1. ["Berlinale 1971: Juries"](http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1971/04_jury_1971/04_Jury_1971.html). *berlinale.de*. Retrieved 2010-03-13.

1. ["Wer war Ida Ehre?"](http://www.idaehregesamtschule.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=195). Ida-Ehre-Gesamtschule. 2007-07-17. Retrieved 2008-12-11.

1. ["Ida-Ehre-Gesamtschule"](http://archiv.mopo.de/rewrite/show.php?pfad=/archiv/2000/20000627/200006271224.html&drucken=yes). *Archive*. MOPO Online. 2000-06-27. Retrieved 2008-12-11.[dead link]

## External links

- [Ida Ehre](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251266/) at IMDb

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