Turning a spotlight on the Hollywood doyenne who gave refuge to artists fleeing Hitler
January 22, 2020, 7:34 pm
Salka’s A-List guests, whether back in Berlin, Vienna and Prague or later at her Santa Monica home, weren’t just stars, they were superstars. Besides those already mentioned, she and Berthold were acquainted with Rilke, Kafka and Einstein, as well as the composer Kurt Weill, satirist Karl Kraus, novelist Alfred Doblin and critic Theodor Adorno.
