. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Berta Geissmar"@de . . "Secretary"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1892-09-14"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Mannheim, Baden-W\u00FCrttemberg, Germany"@en . . . . . "1071004332"^^ . . . . "42581561"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "yes"@en . . . . . . "Berta Geissmar"@en . . . . . . . . . "1949-11-03"^^ . . . . . . . "Berta Geissmar"@en . . . . . . "Berta Geissmar (14 September 1892 Mannheim \u2013 3 November 1949 London) was the secretary and business manager for two prominent orchestral conductors, Wilhelm Furtw\u00E4ngler and Sir Thomas Beecham. From 1922 until 1935, Geissmar worked for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Furtw\u00E4ngler, including planning and organising foreign tours for the orchestra. Because of her Jewish heritage, she was forced to leave the post and her native Germany in late 1935. Fleeing to London, she gained a similar position with Thomas Beecham and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. She continued in this position until shortly before her death."@en . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . . . . "Berta Geissmar (14. September 1892 in Mannheim \u2013 3. November 1949 in London) war eine Musikwissenschaftlerin und Autorin. Sie war die Privatsekret\u00E4rin von Wilhelm Furtw\u00E4ngler und musste wegen ihrer j\u00FCdischen Herkunft in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus emigrieren."@de . . . . . . . . . "28528"^^ . . . "1949"^^ . . . "Geissmar, Berta"@en . . . . . . . "Berta Geissmar"@en . . . . . . . "London, England"@en . . . . "1949-11-03"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Berta Geissmar (14 September 1892 Mannheim \u2013 3 November 1949 London) was the secretary and business manager for two prominent orchestral conductors, Wilhelm Furtw\u00E4ngler and Sir Thomas Beecham. From 1922 until 1935, Geissmar worked for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Furtw\u00E4ngler, including planning and organising foreign tours for the orchestra. Because of her Jewish heritage, she was forced to leave the post and her native Germany in late 1935. Fleeing to London, she gained a similar position with Thomas Beecham and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. She continued in this position until shortly before her death. Geissmar's autobiography, The Baton and the Jackboot (1944) gives an account of the personalities of these two musicians, and provides a personal insight into the lives and persecution from 1933 of German people who, like her, were Jews or who opposed Nazi ideas."@en . . . "Berta Geissmar (14. September 1892 in Mannheim \u2013 3. November 1949 in London) war eine Musikwissenschaftlerin und Autorin. Sie war die Privatsekret\u00E4rin von Wilhelm Furtw\u00E4ngler und musste wegen ihrer j\u00FCdischen Herkunft in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus emigrieren."@de . . . . "1892"^^ . . "1892-09-14"^^ . "Business manager"@en .