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She spent her childhood and youth in the country. In 1936 she trained as a pilot in Berlin. In addition to her passion for flying, she already demonstrated strong aspirations for emancipation and a pronounced defiance of social conventions at this time. As a pilot, she initially took part in German Air Force exercises. She also worked as a "pilot" in testing brand-new machines from Flugzeugwerke Friedrich in Strausberg. In 1939, Köstlin married her flight instructor Hans-Jürgen Uhse, whose name she bore from then on and with whom she had a child who died of cancer in 1984. During the Second World War, Uhse transferred fighter-bombers to the front. A year before the end of the war, she survived a serious plane accident, while her husband was killed in the war. After the end of the war and British captivity, the single widow kept herself afloat as a farm worker and traveling salesman in Schleswig-Holstein. Due to her numerous customer contacts with the rural population, she soon developed a special feeling for the private problems of rural women.
After initially creating and distributing free educational brochures, Uhse launched her first commercial educational campaign in Flensburg in 1946, which laid the foundation for her later entrepreneurial activities: The dedicated educator sold the "Schrift X", which had already sold 32,000 copies in 1947. She advised women on contraceptive methods, which were primarily based on calculating infertile days. The guide to contraception that she wrote was in great demand among young couples in the post-war years, as there were numerous unwanted pregnancies among them. In 1949 Uhse married the Flensburg businessman Ernst-Walter Rotermund, with whom she had another child and from whom she separated again in 1972. In 1950 she had the "mail order company Beate Uhse" entered in the Flensburg commercial register. In the 1950s, Uhse expanded its small shipping company into a thriving trading company by expanding its product range.
The success was based on the business idea of taking erotic merchandise out of the taboo zone and opening it up to the general market through solid information and discreet shipping conditions. By offering its "marital hygiene products" under its own name right from the start, Uhse gave mail order sales a personal and serious touch that promoted customer trust. This was also reflected in the numerous letters that the mail order company received since then, and Uhse initially answered their questions about love, eroticism and sexuality herself before leaving it to a doctor. However, the sending of condoms to unmarried couples soon collided with the moral law of the 1950s, which, on the basis of Section 184 of the Criminal Code, which had been in force since 1919, criminalized extramarital sexual intercourse and aiding and abetting it. Uhse's company struggled for decades with investigations by the public prosecutor's office, house searches and publication bans on its catalogs until the criminal law provisions were liberalized in 1975. Against the protests from politics and the church, Uhse campaigned for a liberalization of moral regulations in Germany.
Despite all the resistance, the mail order company's sales reached one million DM in 1956. In 1962, the busy entrepreneur founded the world's first sex shop with her "specialist shop for marital hygiene" in Flensburg. The demand for sex items was so great that a chain of stores quickly developed. After divorcing Rotermund, Uhse married John Holland in 1972. In 1974 their company was called GmbH & Co. KG. The individual business for sex products became a corporation in 1978. Uhse continually tried to come up with new business ideas and offers. A film rental company was added in 1978. The entrepreneur took over other smaller competitors in the market and her company continued to grow. In 1981, the group became a stock corporation that already operated 12 of its own "Blue Movie" cinemas and asserted itself as the market leader in the porn film industry. Here in particular, Uhse's work also met with vehement criticism from the women's movement, which attacked the pornographic industry because of its sexist and misogynistic tendencies. Nevertheless, Uhse's mail order business expanded to become the largest of its kind.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, their stores sprouted like mushrooms in the new federal states. In the 1990s, radio and television in particular became aware of the agile businesswoman, who withdrew from direct management in 1992 in order to only be represented on the company's supervisory board. In 1996 Uhse celebrated its 50th anniversary Business anniversary. In the same year, the "Beate Uhse Erotic Museum" was opened in Berlin. Not only Uhse's achievements in the commercial sector were recognized, but above all her contribution to sexual education in post-war German society. In 1999 she was honored with the erection of a public memorial plaque in Flensburg. A specially created Beate Uhse Women Entrepreneurs Award was intended to honor women who have demonstrated courage, assertiveness, creativity, business acumen, social commitment and leadership in business.
Meanwhile, Uhse's company had also kept pace with the development of the latest technologies, so that the erotic articles were increasingly distributed via telephone, BTX and the Internet. With the expansion of new media, the company's Internet activities also expanded. The "Aktuelle Information" (AI) group of companies was taken over for this line of business. All websites were tailored to customer needs and designed accordingly. But the company also expanded internationally. It founded other branches and companies, for example in Scandinavia. The publishing business was expanded to Sweden, Denmark and Finland. In the Netherlands, majority packages were purchased from other erotic providers. In 1999 the company went public.- Writer
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Curt Goetz was born on 17 November 1888 in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse [now Rhineland-Palatinate], Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Frauenarzt Dr. Prätorius (1950), Hocuspocus (1953) and Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend (1923). He was married to Valerie von Martens and Erna Nitter. He died on 12 September 1960 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland.- Director
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Dennis Ledergerber was born on 18 September 1987. He was a director and producer, known for The Girl in the Snow (2018), Zufallbringen (2008) and Himmelfahrtskommando (2013). He died on 13 April 2020 in St. Gallen, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland.- Arthur Paul Huber was born on 17 February 1918 in Kirchberg, Switzerland. He was a composer, known for Konfrontation (1974). He died on 25 February 2001 in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Theodor Grauer was born on 14 April 1884 in Degersheim, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He died on 4 January 1980 in Rorschach, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- After his parents divorced, Felix lived with foster parents from the age of eleven. His interest in radio plays developed as a child. Early on he became the author of several articles, some of which were also broadcast. After finishing school with a high school diploma, he studied to become a teacher. From 1960 to 1965 he worked as a teacher at the primary and commercial school in Frauenfeld. Meanwhile, he worked part-time as a radio and television reporter. He also wrote plays and children's musicals. In 1965 he gave up his teaching profession. Felix became a program designer at Swiss television in the "Culture and Science" department. As an author and presenter, he also developed his own broadcast formats and trained as a television director.
In 1973 he moved to the "Entertainment" department. Here he created the series "Teleboy", an entertaining game show with a hidden camera, which was awarded the "Prix Walo" in 1977. This Saturday evening series achieved the highest ratings in the history of Swiss television. In 1978 he was awarded the "Chaplin Prize" and the "Rose of Montreux". In 1980, Kurt Felix invented the series "Do you understand fun?", which he also moderated himself. In the same year he married the singer Paola, with whom he released "Do you understand fun?" from 1983. became the Saturday evening entertainment program and one of ARD's most successful programs. In 1985 he was awarded the "Rose of Montreux" again.
For Swiss television he accompanied the major lottery show "Supertreffer" as a presenter and producer. Until 1990, Kurt Felix co-hosted the show "Do you understand fun?" with his wife, which became one of the most popular forerunners of the decade. In the same year, 1990, Felix received the German media award "Bambi". He ended his career as a presenter on his 50th birthday. From 1991 he worked as a consultant for various television companies. He has also had Italian citizenship since 1995. From 1995 to 2005 he was a weekly television columnist for "Schweizer Illustrierte". For his 60th birthday, SWR showed a 15-part television series called "Klassiker mit Kurt Felix", a look back at 20 years of "Do you understand fun?".
In 2002, Felix developed the "Quiz Today", which was broadcast on Swiss television in the main evening program from autumn onwards. In 2003 he co-authored the book "50 Years of Swiss Television". In the same year he was awarded the honorary Bambi for his life's work. In 2003 Felix fell ill with cancer. After his successful treatment and recovery, he was appointed ambassador for the "Swiss Cancer League" in 2004. In 2006 Kurt Felix largely withdrew into his private life. He lived alternately in Switzerland and Italy. In 2011 he received the Swiss Television Prize for his life's work.
Kurt Felix died on May 16, 2012 at the age of 71 from his long-term cancer in St. Gallen. On May 31, 2012, a public funeral service took place in the St. Laurenzenkirche in St. Gallen. - Heinz Zellermayer was born on 9 October 1915 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for That Woman (1966). He died on 31 October 2011 in Uznach, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Charlotte Hagenbruch was born on 27 March 1896 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. She was an actress and writer, known for Die Heilige und ihr Narr (1928), Opfer der Keuschheit (1921) and Die heilige Flamme (1931). She was married to William Dieterle. She died on 20 May 1968 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Fürstin Georgina von und zu Liechtenstein was born on 24 October 1921 in Graz, Styria, Austria. She was married to Fürst Franz Joseph von und zu Liechtenstein. She died on 18 October 1989 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Remo Largo was born on 24 November 1943 in Winterthur, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland. He died on 11 November 2020 in Uetliburg, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Jaime de Borbón was born on 23 June 1908 in Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain. He was married to Charlotte Tiedemann and Emmanuelle de Dampierre. He died on 20 March 1975 in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Fürstin Marie von und zu Liechtenstein was born on 14 April 1940 in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]. She was married to Hans-Adam von und zu Liechtenstein. She died on 21 August 2021 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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Ludwig Herzer was born on 18 March 1872 in Vienna, Austria. He was a writer, known for U-571 (2000), Das Land des Lächelns (1930) and Schön ist die Welt (1957). He died on 17 April 1939 in St. Gallen, Switzerland.- Ferdinand Asper was born in 1895. He was an actor, known for Susanne macht Ordnung (1930), Das verlorene Tal (1934) and Seinerzeit zu meiner Zeit (1944). He died on 15 April 1950 in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Rudolf Schoeller was born on 27 March 1902 in Düren, Rhine Province, Germany. He died on 7 March 1978 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Kurt Busch was born on 5 February 1879 in Breslau, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das rätselhafte Inserat (1916), Die Peitsche (1916) and Seine Jugendsünde (1916). He died on 7 September 1954 in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Karl Friedrich Frey was born on 1 May 1948 in Münsterlingen, Switzerland. He died on 11 October 2017 in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Fürst Franz Joseph von und zu Liechtenstein was born on 16 August 1906 in Schloss Frauental, Deutschlandsberg, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was married to Fürstin Georgina von und zu Liechtenstein. He died on 13 November 1989 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Ben-Chorin Tovia was born on 15 September 1936 in Jerusalem. He died on 22 March 2022 in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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Peter W. Staub was born on 31 August 1910 in Arbon, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for Holiday in St. Tropez (1964), Alarm für Dora X (1962) and Die Rosel vom Schwarzwald (1956). He died on 25 December 2000 in Kronbühl, St. Gallen, Switzerland.- Friedrich Wilhelm von Schelling was born on 27 January 1775 in Leonberg, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]. He was a writer, known for Hölderlin-Comics (1994). He died on 20 August 1854 in Ragaz, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Ernst Rüesch was born on 12 June 1928 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He died on 21 May 2015 in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Guido Bachmann was born on 28 January 1940 in Lucerne, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for Der Erfinder (1980), Man Without Memory (1984) and Teddy Bär (1983). He died on 19 October 2003 in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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Peter Weckert was a producer and writer, known for Shark Attack in the Mediterranean (2004), Der Clown (2005) and Francesco und der Papst (2011). He died on 28 August 2023 in Au, District of St. Gallen, Switzerland.- Peter Steiner was born on 22 January 1917 in Switzerland. He was an actor, known for Am Ende der Nacht (1992), Kilimanjaro: How to Spell Love (2001) and Ventil (1996). He was married to Katharina Steiner. He died on 12 November 2007 in Walenstadt, St. Gallen, Switzerland.