Fritz Halbers Papers
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2018-005
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, various theater materials, correspondence, as well as other miscellaneous and oversized items.
Dates
- 1894-1975
Biographical / Historical
Fritz Halbers was born Fritz Josef Halberstaedter in Berlin, Germany, in 1894. He studied at the Max Reinhardt drama school between 1912 and 1914 appearing in some of Reinhardt's productions and joined the German military in 1915. After World War I, Halbers worked as an actor, director and stage designer in various locations in Germany until 1933 when a stage ban was placed on Jewish actors. He and his wife, Johanna Archenvold, emigrated to La Paz, Bolivia, in 1939, where he worked as a house painter, artist and translator of German philosophical works into Spanish. In 1954, Halbers moved to New York, living near his sister until moving to Cordoba, Argentina in 1970. He died in 1987 in Buenos Aires.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Fritz Halbers was a German actor who studied with Max Reinhardt from 1912-1914 before entering the German military. He worked as an actor, director, and stage designer until 1933 when a stage ban on Jewish actors was instituted. He fled to Bolivia with his wife where he worked as a translator, artist and painter. From there he moved to New York (1954-1970) and then to Argentina, where he died in 1987.
- Title
- Halbers Fritz Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Bethany Maloney
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections Repository