GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 691, sig. 110-4542

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24 Olga Cheehowa née Kniepr was born in 1897 in Petersburg. Her father is from France and came from there as an engineer to Petersburg, where he married a Russian woman. Olga Chekhova herself is also called a Aunt of the Chekhov and is one of the most famous Russian actresses. She lives (x today in Petersburg). In 1926, Chekhova came to Berlin through an adventurous plot before the Bolsheviks, where she began to film. One of her first films was "The Burning Border". Famous films from the older years are: "Trojka" and "Moulin Rouge". Other films from recent times are: "Angelika", "Passion", "Two Women", "Red Orchids", "Travel into the Past", "The Eternal Sound", "Dangerous Spring". Olga Chekhova is currently in Prague for a cure and for this reason has been left by group leader Hinkel. X) in grofana Paupralawia dl lis mathtfe Treheshowa pert daphi ofd snrumffald aarad, don Jroftnater doe Juchechar id den brthamuta nththe alllon Jichechor, 1m