Ursula van diemen biography of nancy

Ursula van Diemen

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Ursula Van Diemen ( ) was born in Schwerin in northern Germany, her father was Dutch and her mother German. She studied singing under Selma Nicklass-Kempner, Lola Beeth and Louis Bachner in Berlin.

Ursula van diemen biography of nancy

She married Justus Wilhelm Meyerhof, the owner of a textiles company and gave birth to daughters Eva Maria () and Irene () in Berlin. Sadly, all of the family possessions were seized by the Nazis after the rise of Hitler during pre-World War II Germany and the company was forcibly liquidated in August Her husband, a Jewish descendant, was persecuted and forced into a labor camp near Sachsenhausen, Germany, where he was listed in Dec 16, With the help of family, he was released, but kicked out of Germany, leaving Ursula and her daughters behind.

In , she moved with her daughters to the peninsula Höri by Lake Constance, a refuge for numerous artists during the period of National Socialism. Concert singer In she made her debut as a concert singer in her homet