Lieber Leierkastenmann mit text - Max Ehrlich

In the autumn of 1932, Ehrlich was at the high point of his career, one of Germanys most beloved comics, masters of ceremony and cabaret stars. His creative accomplishments included leading roles in Max Reinhardt productions, the Haller-Revue, and other cabarets as well as stage groups. Also to his credit: forty-two movies, ten of which he directed, eight records, including chansons, operetta, comedy sketches and character imitations; numerous publications, amongst which his best selling book From Adelbert to Zilzer, a humorous collection of stories and anecdotes about sixty-two of his best known show business friends and colleagues. In 1933, the National Socialists seized power and stopped Ehrlich and his other Jewish colleagues from working in Germany. As a result, he left for Vienna, Austria to appear with the Rudolf Nelson Revue. However, there too, Austrian anti-Semites interrupted the show with cries of “Jews get out of Vienna“. Consequently, the troupe left for Holland, stopping en rou