1953 Press Photo Ernst Legal ,Harry Buckwitz&Lather Muthel,East German refugees

Prominent refugees arrive in Western Germany: Ernst Legal (center), former director of East Berlin's State Opera, escaped from behind the Iron Curtain to West Germany. At present he is staging "Kaethchen von Heilbronn" at the Municipal Opera in Francfort/Main. Photo Shows Ernst Legal (enter) seen chatting with Harry Buckwitz, the Chief Superintendent of the Municipal Theater Francfort/Main, and Lather Muthel, a well-known Francfort Stage manager.

Photo measures 8.5 x 6 inches.

Photo is dated 06-06-1953.



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