Leseprobe

95 Deutsche Werkstätten furnished the ladies’ lounge for the Hamburg ’s second-class passengers according to plans from Karl Bertsch. The work once again earned many compliments: “The ladies’ lounge in second class – finished in flame birch wood and manufactured by Deutsche Werkstätten from Dresden-Hellerau – is so wonderful in its simplicity that one can practically say no first-class lounge could match it, much less surpass it.”  Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten 191 (17 August 1926) Second-class ladies’ lounge Wall panelling with intricate veneer work “ToNewYork” HAPAG poster, 1936