Irma Baltuttis

September 28, 1920 (age 37)

Leipzig, Germany

After some training in music during the Third Reich, her singing career took place entirely within the German Democratic Republic after the Soviet occupation of the East Zone. She died as a result of a fall from her apartment window in Leipzig. The fall was officially attributed to suicide, but doubts as to the veracity of this remained. The couple had no children. The marriage was not particularly happy: Herricht had a jealous streak, and apparently not without reason, as Irma tended to be a bit of a flirt, and there were tales told of romantic relationships with some of the musicians she worked with. Kurt Henkels Radio Orchestra Herricht was an important Communist Party member, and in a position to quash any official attention to Irma"s death.

Irma Baltuttis

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Irma was born in the Leutzsch district of Leipzig to Ernst Baltuttis and Elsa Hamann.

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After some training in music during the Third Reich, her singing career took place entirely within the German Democratic Republic after the Soviet occupation of the East Zone. She died as a result of a fall from her apartment window in Leipzig. The fall was officially attributed to suicide, but doubts as to the veracity of this remained.

The couple had no children.

The marriage was not particularly happy: Herricht had a jealous streak, and apparently not without reason, as Irma tended to be a bit of a flirt, and there were tales told of romantic relationships with some of the musicians she worked with. Kurt Henkels Radio Orchestra Herricht was an important Communist Party member, and in a position to quash any official attention to Irma"s death.

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