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Passing The Paintbrush
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Passing the Paintbrush is an educational project and podcast about historic Queer Jewish artists in Berlin. After the release of each audio documentary, we held history and practical art workshops on the featured artists.
Season 1 focused on Gertrude Sandmann, Lotte Laserstein, and Toni Ebel, learning about their lives through site visits and interviews with historians, authors, and artists.
Thank you to all the funders and partners who made the production possible
Spinnboden
Demokratie In Der Mitte
BMF
EVZ
Passing the Paintbrush is an educational project and podcast about historic Queer Jewish artists in Berlin. After the release of each audio documentary, we held history and practical art workshops on the featured artists.
Season 1 focused on Gertrude Sandmann, Lotte Laserstein, and Toni Ebel, learning about their lives through site visits and interviews with historians, authors, and artists.
Thank you to all the funders and partners who made the production possible
Spinnboden
Demokratie In Der Mitte
BMF
EVZ
15 Episodes
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Featured Guest: Hadass GilboaWebsite: https://www.hadassgilboa.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hadassgilboa/Printmaking Workshops: https://www.hadassgilboa.com/workshopsHigh Grounds Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/high_grounds_workshops/Lithography Printing Studio in Berlin - Lithowerstatt: https://www.lithowerkstatt-berlin.de/Article about the studio from 2022:http://www.lithowerkstatt-berlin.de/Bilder/LW_Tagesspiegel%202022.jpgFeature in Kultur.txt: https://www.kulturring.berlin/archiv/artikel?tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=1743&cHash=954cfca92c4fc012884726e941ff9405Kultur ring video about the studio : https://youtu.be/vP2kEe7o_7E?feature=sharedPrintworking at BBK https://www.bbk-kulturwerk.de/en/printing-workshopPia Szur:http://www.designkunst-ps.de/https://www.kulturring.berlin/archiv/artikel?tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=1814&cHash=d3254ae989f3f4fae5519342173d2908Lithography at Solnhofen: https://ssg-solnhofen.de/en/usage/translate-to-english-lithografieHistory of Lithography : https://www.aepm.eu/publications/conference-proceedings-2/from-stone-to-chip-alois-senefelder-and-the-invention-of-lithography-in-an-international-context/li-portenlaenger-invention-of-lithography-and-the-solnhofen-quarries/Fossil hunting at Solnhofen: https://www.naturpark-altmuehltal.de/freizeit/a-z/hobby-steinbruch_solnhofen-19262/The Farhud: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-farhudJizya Tax: https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/features-on-jewish-world/jewish-tax-in-the-ottoman-empire/2024/07/18/The Ma’abarot: https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/israel/zionism/zionism-history/maabarotThe Burnt Vehicles Compound :https://habsor.co.il/?p=25636&lang=en What is a Lithograph: https://www.invaluable.com/blog/what-is-a-lithograph/Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune for more episodes to be published soonThe current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah.This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024(https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice.https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unithttps://www.stiftung-evz.de/Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.The music featured in this episode:Lofi Beat Loop Schmoop by Seth_Makes_Sounds from freesound.org number 722425 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/722425/I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet!Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loamwww.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com
Featured Guest: Mine Pleasure Bouvar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mine_pleasure_bouvar/Linktree: linktr.ee/Mine_undClaudiaPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/MinePleasureBouvarText Zur Kunst Article: https://www.textezurkunst.de/de/129/mine-peasure-bouvar-toni-ebel-generation-hirschfeld/*Get in contact with Mine if you want to read her article in Text Zu Kunst but it is not accessible to youResources for further Learning:https://toni-ebel.de/perspektiven/?ref=wearequeeraf.comhttps://www.lesbengeschichte.org/bio_charlaque_d.html Jules Gill-Peterson: "A Short History of Trans Misogyny"https://zeitschrift-luxemburg.de/artikel/genderkritischer-feminismus/A Nazi Word for A Nazi ThingThomas Ahbe: "Der DDR-Antifaschismus. Diskurse und Generationen – Kontexte und Identitäten. Ein Rückblick über 60 Jahre", Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung SachsenTill Kössler: "Die Grenzen der Demokratie. Antikommunismus als politiscische und gesellschaftliche Praxis in der frühen Bundesrepublik." Till Kössler: "Kommunistische Verfolgungserfahrung, die Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes (VVN) und die Frage der Wiedergutmachung"https://de.thefreedictionary.com/burschikosRuehl Muller: "Building a People's Art. Selected Works of Truong Chinh and To Huu" (on Vietnamese Socialist Realism)Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune for more episodes to be published soonThe current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah.This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024(https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice.https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unithttps://www.stiftung-evz.de/Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.The music featured in this episode:Lofi Beat Loop Schmoop by Seth_Makes_Sounds from freesound.org number 722425 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/722425/I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet!Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loamwww.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com
Featured Guest: Brandy SchillaceWebsite: https://brandyschillace.com/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bschillace.brandyschillace.com/post/3lh26tx3ka22cInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/b_schillace/?hl=enMedium: https://medium.com/@brandy-schillacePeculiar Book Club Podcast: https://peculiarbookclub.com/all-podcast/https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324036319Coming out Autistic Article https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coming-out-autistic/ Michael Dillon https://www.transgenderhistorymonth.com/tht/michael-dillonDiscoveries about Dora Richter from the Lili Elbe Library and Clara Hartmann https://lili-elbe.de/blog/2024/09/dora-lived/https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2024/06/dora-richter-transgeschlechtlichkeit-drittes-reich-berlin-trans-magnus-hirschfeld.htmlhttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mr-Humble-and-Dr-Butcher/Brandy-Schillace/9781982113780The Great Courses Plus class: Unsolved Medical Mysteries: Explaining the Unexplainablehttps://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/unsolved-medical-mysteries-explaining-the-unexplainableThank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune for more episodes to be published soonThe current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah.This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024(https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice.https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unithttps://www.stiftung-evz.de/Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.The music featured in this episode:Lofi Beat Loop Schmoop by Seth_Makes_Sounds from freesound.org number 722425 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/722425/I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet!Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loamwww.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.comThe Intermediaries A Weimar Story Dora ging nach Böhmen -RBB article where they talk about her bird friendsMr. Humble and Dr. Butcher A Monkey's Head, the Pope's Neuroscientist, and the Quest to Transplant the Soul
Featured Guest: Hannah Steinkopf-Frankwebsite: https://www.hannahsteinkopf-frank.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hsteinkopffrank/?hl=enIdle hands Paris Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/idlehandsparis/?hl=enSew you have a question newsletter https://sewyouhaveaquestion.substack.com/?r=bigr&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklistOnline digital archive of Berlin Lesbian Magazines: https://archiv.forummuenchen.org/sammlung/zeitschrift/Queer Publishing article: https://daily.jstor.org/publishing-queer-berlin/Lesbian Nun Article: https://daily.jstor.org/lesbianism-at-the-convent/Charlotte Cushman Article: https://daily.jstor.org/the-long-shadow-of-the-jolly-bachelors/June Thomas’s book “ A Place of Our Own” https://www.lehmanns.de/shop/geisteswissenschaften/64028022-9780349018966-a-place-of-our-ownThe oldest Pattern Hannah has sewn: https://vintagepatterns.fandom.com/wiki/Weldons_120"Antiques Roadshow" segment with the bat necklace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY83DkxoKFsNicky Doll Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: https://www.out.com/drag/nicky-doll-drag-race-queens-paris-2024-olympicsPaintings We Discusshttps://berlinischegalerie.de/en/out-and-about/gertrude-sandmann/https://www.bremenzwei.de/audios/kunst-kolumne-laserstein-100.htmlThank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune for more episodes to be published soonThe current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah.This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024(https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice.https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unithttps://www.stiftung-evz.de/Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.The music featured in this episode:Lofi Beat Loop Schmoop by Seth_Makes_Sounds from freesound.org number 722425 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/722425/I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet!Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loamwww.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com
Featured Guest: Gail PrenskyProject Website https://www.judischekulturbund.com/Donate to the Judische Kulturbund Project: https://www.judischekulturbund.com/support-and-sponsorship/Theater J https://www.edcjcc.org/theater-j/The Last Dance of the Kulturbund https://www.judischekulturbund.com/project/the-last-dance-of-the-kulturbund/Hannah's Dance https://www.judischekulturbund.com/digital-stories/Hannah’s dance instagram https://www.instagram.com/jk_hannahs_dance?igsh=MTR6dW1xazM5ZHR2bA==Hannah Kroner Segal’s interview: https://youtu.be/eH7aAroJnkk?si=nOZdlhhrPB8u7JY9Vatengesi :https://www.judischekulturbund.com/vatengesi-hannahs-dance/Digital Stories :https://www.judischekulturbund.com/digital-stories/Shared Stories:https://www.judischekulturbund.com/shared-stories/With Love, Elio: https://youtu.be/TbExU9Zvti0?si=MDmV7dibqP8nMfBeKurt Singer:https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/de/politics-and-propaganda/third-reich/singer-kurt/https://www.gedenktafeln-in-berlin.de/gedenktafeln/detail/kurt-singer/1204Uri T0eplitz:https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/resistance-and-exile/uri-toeplitz/https://youtu.be/TbExU9Zvti0?si=MDmV7dibqP8nMfBehttps://youtu.be/TbExU9Zvti0?si=MDmV7dibqP8nMfBeCharlotte Salomonhttps://jck.nl/en/theme/charlotte-salomonDavid Freidmannhttps://www.berlin.de/aktuell/ausgaben/2020/dezember/artikel.1024334.phpErnest Lenart https://youtu.be/fv1pRj_xWJk?feature=sharedMusic and Plays Discussedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_the_WiseSymphony No 4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._4_(Nielsen)Fidelio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidelioSymphony No 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._2_(Mahler)Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune for more episodes to be published soonThe current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah.This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024(https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication was produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice.https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unithttps://www.stiftung-evz.de/Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.The music featured in this episode:Calming piano loop 60bpm by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 679738 Licensed under Creative Commons 0https://freesound.org/s/679738/I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet!Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loamwww.passingthepaintbrush.wordp
Ari Wolf reads “Charlotte’s Poem”Featured Guest: Ari WolfInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ariadnewolf/?hl=enCharlotte’s Poem: www.ritualwell.org/ritual/charlottes-poem/Ari’s Blog entry on the Jewish Women’s Archive https://jwa.org/blog/finding-strength-my-transcestorCharlotte Charlaque’s Jewish Women’s Archive entry: https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/charlaque-charlotteAri’s Medium Article: https://rivka-88575.medium.com/finding-my-queer-heritage-324ab5985971Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune for more episodes to be published soonThe current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah.This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024(https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice.https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unithttps://www.stiftung-evz.de/Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.The music featured in this episode:Calming piano loop 60bpm by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 679738 Licensed under Creative Commons 0https://freesound.org/s/679738/I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.
Featured Guest: Regina Potomkina
Instagram*:https://www.instagram.com/regina.110/?hl=en
*Contact her via Instagram to purchase her works, dm with an offer!
Dagesh Profile: https://dagesh.de/kuenstler/regina-potomkina/?lang=en
EDA feature: https://edamagazin.de/regina-potomkina/
Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come for more full-length interviews to be published in the coming weeks.
The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah.
This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)
Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.
The music featured in this episode:
A Cool Guitar and Synth Beat by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 725420 Licensed under Creative Commons 0
https://freesound.org/s/725420/
I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.
If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet!
Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam
www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com
Show website with full works cited - passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com
Featured Guest Experts
Raimund Wolfert- Book on Charlotte Charlaque
Brandy Schillace -Website, Upcoming Book
Dr. Jonah I. Garde
Ari Wolf -Medium Article and JWA article on Charlaque
Annelisa Leinbach- Website , Instagram
Regina Potomkina Instagram , Eda Magazine
Dr. Emily Evans
Mine Pleasure Bouvar Linktree , Instagram
Mara P.
Eliza Jane Coyle
Yishay Garbasz- Website
Production and Writing
Written, produced, and mixed by me Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising
by Rocket Loam
Huge thanks to Raimund Wolfert and Esra Paul Afken for their work writing, researching, and curating exhibitions on Ebel, and bringing her art and story into the lives and hearts of many
So grateful to Clara Hartmann for her dedication and research to uncover Dora Richter’s story. Lili Elbe Library- Website, Instagram
Thanks to Kai* Brust for making me aware of Ebel’s file in the Landesarchiv, sharing research Ebel applied to use the name and for helping me write the text about her name change. An online exhibit they curated includes previously unpublished between Charlotte Charlaque and Toni Ebel can be viewed here -
Spectrum of In_justice
Research support
Research assistance by the kind librarians and archivists at the Magnus Hirschfeld Gesellschaft, Spinnboden, Schwules Musuem, ONE archive at USC, Anna Schultz at the Akademie Der Kunst Kunstsammlung, Julia Nagel at the Stadt Musuem, The Judische Gemeinde Library, Ladesarchiv, and Stadt Bibliotek.
This episode is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Jens Dobler, a wonderful person who always greeted me with kindness at the archive and who’s work and research I relied upon when learning about queer bars and clubs before the Shoah and the May 10 book burning. May his memory be a blessing
Donate to the archiv zentrum!
https://www.betterplace.org/de/organisations/56507-spinnboden-lesbenarchiv-bibliothek-e-v
Music/Sounds
Taffy Sunset from the album Tales of the Diaspora used with permission from the artist. You can Buy Tzipporah’s amazing music on Bandcamp. Links in shownotes.
“The Gallery" by Rae du Soleil used with permission from Artist
Played By Ear (Meaningless Rich World) by Jangwa From Free Music Archive licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license
1 (jazz) by HoliznaCC0 from free music archive is licensed under a Createive Commons 0
2 (jazz) by HoliznaCC0 from Free Music Archive licensed under a Creative Commons 0.
Gazing by Andy G. Cohen from the Free Music Archive licensed under Creative Commons BY 4.0
Special Thanks
To Mara for her editorial and writing support + love and inspiration,
Boba for cute cat noises
Rocket for helping me learn how to use a microphone and make the series sound as nice as possible,
Nana for helping me with my query letter so that I could find so many amazing people to interview,
Grammy for giving me advice on how to interview people, and inspiring my music choices
Rae du Soleil for the use of her powerful song the Gallery
Listen and Support: Soundcloud, Instagram
Tzipporah for letting me feature such beautiful music.
Listen and support : bandcamp , instagram , website, linktree, spotify
Melissa Wertheimer who wrote an online research guide to Jewish Composers
Daniel Carkner who compiled and researched to write an incredible blog post about Klezmer music that became public domain in the US in 2024
I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to tell me what you think of the series, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.
This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund
Featured Guest: Annelisa Leinbach Website: https://www.annelisaleinbach.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annelisaleinbach
Group Exhibit with Annelisa’s Painting
“Dwelling Spaces”
Art Space in Exile Elsenstraße 87, 12435 Berlin
Opening hours:
Sunday 24/11 16:00 - 20:00
Monday 25/11 closed
Tuesday - Friday 16:00 - 20:00
Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come for more full-length interviews to be published, and the third audio documentary on Toni Ebel in November.
The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah.
This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)
Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.
The music featured in this episode:
A Cool Guitar and Synth Beat by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 725420 Licensed under Creative Commons 0
https://freesound.org/s/725420/
Laserstein Painting we discuss
"Im Gasthaus" (1927)
I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.
If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet!
Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam
www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com
Show website with full works cited www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com
Passing the Paintbrush Events Sign up
Featured Guest Experts
Clara Julia Escalera
Hadass Gilboa , Litho Werkstatt Teltow
Eliza Jane Coyle
Hannah Mitchelle Provisor
Hannah Steinkopf-Frank
Annelisa Leinbach
Professor Kerry Wallach - Biography of Rahel Szalit
Gail Prensky- JudischeKulturbundProject
Dr. Eva Atlan- Back into the Light Four Women Artists – Their Works, Their Paths Book
Production and writing
Written, produced, and mixed by me Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam
Many thanks to Dr. Anna-Carola Krausse for her work writing, researching, and curating exhibitions on Laserstein, helping her work become recognized again, and the interest in her life be renewed in Germany.
Research support
Thank you to the kind librarians at Spinnboden, the Akademie Der Kunst, The Judische Gemeinde Library, The Zentral Landes Bibliotek, Jewish Museum, Berlinische Gallerie, and Stadt Bibliotek.
Donate to the archiv zentrum!
https://www.betterplace.org/de/organisations/56507-spinnboden-lesbenarchiv-bibliothek-e-v
Music/Sounds
Gazing by Andy G. Cohen from the Free Music Archive Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License
Easy Going Music Loop by Seth_Makes_Sounds from Freesound.org number 691837 Released Under Creative Commons 0
Morning in Nebraska.aiff by Danjocross from Freesound.org number 503209Releasesed Under Creative Commons 0
Sunshine On The Pool by Jangwa from the free music archive Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License
This episode featured the following incredible music by Tzipporah played with permission from the artist.
-Olam Chesed Yivaneh, Tzipporah
https://tzipporah.bandcamp.com/track/olam-chesed-yivaneh-rabbi-menachem-creditor-cover
-Eshet Chayil (Woman of Valor)
https://tzipporah.bandcamp.com/track/eshet-chayil-woman-of-valor
I have also used the following public domain classical music recordings made available by the Open Educational Resources on Music created by Ulrich Kaiser
Béla Bartók’s - 83 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Sz 83 A2 Andante played by the Radio-Symphony-Orchestra Berlin Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay
Additional voices by the talented Hannah Mitchell Provisor.
Special Thanks
To Mara for her editorial and writing support + love and inspiration,
Boba 4 cute cat vibes
Rocket for helping me learn how to use a microphone and make the series sound as nice as possible,
Nana for helping me with my query letter so that I could find so many amazing people to interview,
Grammy for giving me advice on how to interview people, and inspiring my music choices
Tzipporah for letting me feature such beautiful music.
Listen and support : bandcamp , instagram , website, linktree, spotify
Melissa Wertheimer who wrote an online research guide to Jewish Composers
Daniel Carkner who compiled and researched to write an incredible blog post about Klezmer that became public domain in the US in 2024
Rebecca Ness for permission to talk about this Artwork, Self Portrait with a Cat (After Laserstein)
I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to tell me what you think of the series, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.
This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund
Links to view paintings
Die Mutter der Künstlerin, Meta Laserstein vor Häusern ~1921
Im GastHaus- 1927
Am Motorad - At the Motorcycle- 1929
Abend über Potsdam- 1930
Ich und mein Modell -1929/1930
Russisches Mädchen mit Puderdose- 1928
Im Meinem Atelier-1928
Polly Tieck 1929
Selbstportrait mit Katze 1928
The Émigré (Dr. Walter Lindenthal) 1941
Featured Guest: Hannah Michelle Provisor https://www.hannahprovisor.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannahmichelledraws
They Were Very Close Friends Teaser Video: https://vimeo.com/967155517
Article on Hey Alma “ An Illustrated Love Letter to My Bubbie’s Sunbeam Food Processor”
https://www.heyalma.com/an-illustrated-love-letter-to-my-bubbies-sunbeam-food-processor/
Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come for more full-length interviews to be published, and the second audio documentary on Lotte Laserstein in a few weeks!
The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah.
This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)
Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.
The music featured in this episode:
A Cool Guitar and Synth Beat by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 725420 Licensed under Creative Commons 0
https://freesound.org/s/725420/
Paintings mentioned:
Gruppe IX, 1922 Gertrude Sandmann
Girlfriends, 1916/1917 Gustav Klimt
Ich und Mein Model 1929/30 Lotte Laserstein
The Two Friends 1894 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.
If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet!
Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam
website with full works cited - www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com
September 22 workshop on Sandmann Sign up
You can donate to the Archive Zentrum project here
Featured Guest Experts
Justice Mvemba - Desta- Decolonial Tours
Dr. Eva Atlan- Back into the Light Four Women Artists – Their Works, Their Paths Book
Prof. Kerry Wallach - Biography of Rahel Szalit
Hannah Mitchelle Provisor
Hannah Steinkopf-Frank
Dr. Anna Havemann -https://www.hauskunstmitte.de/
Biography of Sibylle Ascheberg von Bamberg, Gertrude Sandmann
Production and writing
Written, produced, and mixed by me Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam
Many thanks to Dr. Anna Havemann for her work writing, researching, and transcribing Gertrude Sandmann’s diaries for her biography, which is where the quotes provided in this documentary are drawn.
quotes were translated by Deepl and Google translate from their original german to english.
Additional voiceovers by Mariel Hansson Folk
Research support
Research assistance by the kind librarians at Spinnboden, Magnus Hirschfeld Gesellschaft, FFBIZ, the Akademie Der Kunst, The Judische Gemeinde Library, Zentral Landes Bibliotek, Berlinische Gallerie, and more!
I was given wonderful resources and advice from the Mills Music Librarians when making sure the Yiddish songs you hear in this episode are old enough to be in the public domain, such as the Cornell guide to Copyright Term and the Public Domain . A huge thank you to Sherry Mayrent for donating her collection of Yiddish music, and all the librarians at Maryrent Collection of Yiddish Recordings and the Mills Music Library of Digital Collections for the work you do to ensure that we can enjoy these cultural treasures.
Music/Sounds
"Warmer" by Andy G. Cohen Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 Attribution International License From the Free Music Archive
"A Perceptible Shift" by Andy G. Cohen, Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 Attribution International License From the Free Music Archive
Slow Moving Waves by Rest You Sleeping Giant Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License From the Free Music Archive
Exlibris by Kosta T Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License From the Free Music Archive
London Gallery Subduded Voices -G by Martian freesound.org number 49378 Licensed under Creative Commons 0
Another Guitar Beat by Seth Makes Sounds freesound.org number 724666 Licensed under Creative Commons 0
Ocean Waves 06 by Lucas_Schacht . freesound.org number 534915 Licensed under Creative Commons 0
Boruch habo
Composed by Louis Friedsell Recorded September 27, 1906 in Philadelphia.
Published by Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey
האפּעט מחותנים, Hopet machetonym
Composed by Louis Friedsell Recorded September 1919
Published by Emerson Phonograph Company in New York
Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 in B flat major D485 , first Allegro
played by the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Special Thanks
To Mara and Boba for their love and inspiration,
Rocket for helping me learn how to use a microphone and make the series sound as nice as possible,
Nana for helping me with my query letter so that I could find so many amazing people to interview,
Grammy for giving me advice on how to interview people, and inspiring my music choices
Dr. Hilla Lavie for consent to read aloud a quote in her essay
Melissa Wertheimer who wrote an online research guide to Jewish Composers
Daniel Carkner who compiled and researched to write an incredible blog post about Klezmer music that became public domain in the US
I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work if something doesn’t sound right send me an email passingpaintbrush@gmail.com
This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund
Featured Guest: Justice Mvemba. You can book a tour from DeSta- dekoloniale stadtfuehrung /decolonial tours and subscribe to the newsletter here : https://www.dekolonialestadtfuehrung.de/en/
And follow on social media
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/decolonialtours/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dekolonialestadtfuehrung
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@deSta-DekolonialeStadtfuhrung
Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come August for the release of the first audio documentary, and keep a look out for more full-length interviews to be published in late July
The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible Painters who survived the Shoah.
This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)
Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.
The music featured in this episode:
“Calming piano loop 60bpm” by Seth_Makes_Sounds - from Freesound.org , number 679738, License under Creative Commons 0
https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/679738/
links to organizations mentioned in this episode:
Desta -dekoloniale stadtfuehrung/ decolonial tours
Afrika-Haus Berlin
I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.
If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet!
Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam
Featured Guest: Dr. Eva Atlan. The catalog for Back into the Light
Four Women Artists – Their Works, Their Paths can be purchased here:
https://www.kerberverlag.com/de/2011/back-into-the-light
Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come August for the release of the first audio documentary, and keep a look out for more full-length interviews to be published in late July
The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible Painters who survived the Shoah.
This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)
Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.
The music featured in this episode:
“Calming piano loop 60bpm” by Seth_Makes_Sounds - from Freesound.org , number 679738, License under Creative Commons 0
https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/679738/
The Artists, Writers, and Institutions mentioned in this episode:
Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt
Samuel Bak
Max Beckmann
Rosy Lilienfeld
Erna Pinner
Amalie Seckbach
Ruth Cahn
Sascha Schwabacher
Margot Rieß
Städelsches Kunstinstitut
Joseph Roth
James Ensor
Henri Matisse
Jacob Nussbaum
Hessischer Rundfunk
I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.
If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on Spotify/Apple Podcasts that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet!
Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam
Featured Guest: Grammy Marlene Joy Indictor
Music:
“Chill Beat” by Seth_Makes_Sounds - from Freesound.org , number 678003, License under Creative Commons 0
All in a Garden Green (Whistle Quartet Version) by Axletree
From the Free Music Archive https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/music-from-a-hampshire-farm/all-in-a-garden-green-whistle-quartet-version/
licensed under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International License.
with slight modification of start and end times and added looping to extend length
Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/foerderung/zentrum/
Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam







