Berthold Brecht

Eva Baruch, Actress, Activist or Spy: Chap. 4 – Who, What, Where & How!

I was trying to finish my film, “For the Life of Me”, while facing a deadline only a few months away. And it was a “biggie”- our first screening for a live audience, at the International Conference of Jewish Genealogical Societies . But with only a short time remaining I had decided not to include Eva’s story, for lack of both information and enough film to cover what little I did have. . . . Read More “Eva Baruch, Actress, Activist or Spy: Chap. 4 – Who, What, Where & How!”

Eva Baruch – Actress, Activist or Spy: Chapter 2

Shanghai to Melbourne

In Chapter 1 we discussed Eva’s work in the Shanghai Theater, her work with British Ministry of Information (BMI), and her anti Nazi radio shows.

As an open city, Shanghai had among its many nationalities a large German contingent, many of whom were pro Nazi. This included a network of Gestapo agents. . . . Read More “Eva Baruch – Actress, Activist or Spy: Chapter 2”

Eva Baruch – Actress, Activist or Spy: Chap. 1

Berlin to Shanghai

When the full story of my cousin Eva Baruch’s life was finally revealed to me, it played like the old movie serials, where the heroine always got caught in a life-threatening situation at the end of the current chapter, only to escape at the beginning of the next one. . . . Read More “Eva Baruch – Actress, Activist or Spy: Chap. 1”