the ledger of connections
The Connections of Bertolt Brecht
German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956) Every person recorded alongside Bertolt Brecht in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Bertolt Brecht in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Sophie Brezing
- Spouses
- Marianne Zoff, Helene Weigel
- Children
- Stefan Brecht, Hanne Hiob, Barbara Brecht-Schall, Michel Berlau, Frank Banholzer
- Siblings
- Walter Brecht
- Teachers
- Arthur Kutscher
- Students
- Wolf Biermann, Joseph Losey
- Influenced
- Bob Dylan, W. H. Auden, Walter Benjamin
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1898 to 1956.
Modern era
Stefan Thomas
February 1, 1932 – February 7, 2025
Historical figure
Modern era
Juan Benet
October 7, 1927 – January 5, 1993
Spanish writer (1927–1993)
Modern era
Joseph Poon
b. 1935
Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer
Modern era
Timothy C. May
1940 – September 22, 2011
English sociologist & race car historian (1940-2011)
Modern era
Richard Teng
December 29, 1906 – May 5, 1990
Estonian ship captain resided in Canada (1906-1990)
Modern era
Arthur Hayes
January 3, 1923 – April 1, 1997
1923-1997
Modern era
Roger Ver
February 27, 1944 – January 12, 2020
English conservative philosopher and writer (1944–2020)
Modern era
Erik Voorhees
b. c. 1901
American businessman and entrepreneur
Modern era
Su Zhu
February 16, 1921 – August 20, 2008
2nd Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China (1921–2008)
Modern era
Raoul Pal
January 12, 1912 – March 10, 1995
Finnish writer (1912-1995)
Modern era
Antonio Juliano
December 26, 1942 – December 13, 2023
Italian footballer (1942–2023)
Modern era
Brian Brooks
1937 – April 8, 2026
New Zealand legal academic (1937–2026)