Mendelssohn Biography, Part III: Earl/ Years, 1906-1933

摘要

Kurt Alfred Georg Mendelssohn was born on 7th January, 1906, as the only child of Ernst and Elizabeth Mendelssohn, in the Schoeneberg suburb of Berlin. The first Mendelssohns were the brothers Saul and Moses, who were born the sons of Mendel of Dessau, Prussia, in the early 18th Century. Kurt was a direct descendent of Saul, and the composer Felix Mendelssohn was a grandson of Moses. Kurt's father was a businessman who represented a foreign wholesaler of men's clothing and the family had a comfortable existence at the time Kurt was born. Berlin in 1906 was at its peak as the capital of the newly reunited Germany.