Hans Flesch

German radio pioneer and doctor who made a name for himself as a director and author of radio plays. Hans Flesch was the youngest child of the lawyer, politician and social reformer Karl Flesch. His older brother was Max Flesch-Thebesius. In 1920 he married Gabriele "Medi" Rottenberg, one of the two daughters of Ludwig Rottenberg. They had two children, Ilse-Margot "Wuma" (born 26 August 1920) and Hans Karl Wilhelm (born 4 May 1924). A few months after Hitler's appointment as Reich Chancellor, Flesch was imprisoned in August 1933 with other representatives of Weimar Radio, first in the Oranienburg Concentration Camp, later in Moabit Prison (pre-trial detention). In November 1934, Flesch was released on bail. In 1935, the so-called "half-Jew" Hans Flesch was not allowed to work either artistically or as a doctor. His wife Gabriele had to feed the family with secretarial work. From 1943, Hans Flesch was forced to practise as a doctor in the military service. In March 1945 Flesch was transferred as a doctor to the Volkssturm. In April 1945 his last letter was received, in which he mentions an upcoming front-line operation, reported a few days later again by phone. Since then, Hans Flesch has been considered a missing person. Link to Wikipedia biography (German)