Erika Mann

Her relationships with women were infused not only withsexual energy but also with the passion of creative collaboration. Pamela Wedekind was part of the quartetwith whom she acted in Berlin. Therese Giehse was co-director of her political cabaret. Betty Knox was afellow war reporter and "jeep mate" during World War II. From the 1930s on, Mann was also associated withthe lesbian journalist and novelist Annemarie Schwarzenbach. (English)