Nazis in California: Emily Hall Tremaine fights back (1933-45)

Nazis in California: Emily Hall Tremaine fights back (1933-45) (history incl Leni Riefenstahl, Georg Gyssling, Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, Ellis M. Zacharias, Elza Temary). This book preview / audio recording [13-min narrative + discussion] introduces the complicated life of Post-WWII art collector Emily Hall Tremaine (1908-87) (then known as Emily von Romberg & Emily Spreckels) in the social set, based in Santa Barbara, during the chaotic 1930s battle between Nazi and anti-Nazi forces. On 6 September 1940, Emily publicly accused her second husband of a year of being pro-Nazi in a divorce filing, which erupted into a national scandal reported across the United States in media waves for over four months. This introduction adds to our knowledge about the pro-Nazi threat in SoCal as described in books like "Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews foiled Nazi plots in Hollywood and America" by Stephen J. Ross; "Hollywood's spies" by Laura Rosenzweig, and addressed in Rachel Maddow's "Prequel". Mentioned in the preview are Georg Gyssling, German Consul to Los Angeles; filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl; and the Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. After WWII, Emily Hall Tremaine (1908-87) bought iconic, contemporary artworks-- with her third husband Burton Tremaine as the first owners-- including Jasper Johns's "Three flags", now at the Whitney in New York; Warhol's "Marilyn Monroe diptych", now at Tate Modern; and Mondrian's last work "Victory boogie woogie", now in the Hague. All three are-- or appear to be-- related to Emily's WWII life. Was Emily pro-Nazi, a US patriot-spy, or both? 4000+ sources in, R. J. Preece says, at this juncture, he thinks Emily was most likely an "eyes and ears" spy for the southern California division of US Naval Intelligence, the main receiver of information about pro-Nazi activity in the area, that was sent to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. The research continues... See released documentation, including excerpts from an unearthed secret deposition of Emily Hall Tremaine, found buried in a 1940 divorce case record, at artdesigncafe.com. For the first time, in a Q&A, Emily "herself" joins the discussion! To see samples of the national media coverage covering Emily's 1940-41 divorce case, go to https://www.artdesigncafe.com/emily-hall-tremaine-fights-back For more information about Emily's crazy 1930s and her fab art collection built after WWII with Burton Tremaine, go to https://www.artdesigncafe.com/emily-hall-tremaine

Audio research briefs | D1. Intro for Emily crowd | D2. Media reaction to Duke visit & secret deposition about event fr Emily | D3. Consular report on LA area visits by German Consul to LA, in the Political Archive, Berlin In March / April 1940, the Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, Queen Victoria's grandson, Head of the German Red Cross, and ally to Hitler toured the United States. He met with various American socialites, businessmen and politicians, including President Roosevelt. This was after the European war had begun. One event took place at the villa of Emily Hall Tremaine (previously Spreckels) in Montecito, California in April. This event was mentioned as evidence by Adolph B. Spreckels, Jr. in the "He's a Nazi, no SHE is" divorce case, alleging that Emily was pro-Nazi. This was three months after she alleged that he was pro-Nazi. In this audio brief, R. J. Preece of artdesigncafe refers to news reporting, an unearthed secret deposition of Emily in 1940 during a nasty divorce attempt, declassified documentation in the Political Archive in Berlin, and O. John Rogge's report about Nazi activity in America. Was Emily a California Nazi, a U. S. patriot-spy or both? Other historical persons mentioned include Elza Temary, Ellis M. Zacharias, Alma Spreckels, and German Consul to Los Angeles Georg Gyssling. For more information about Emily's crazy 1930s and her fab art collection built after WWII with Burton Tremaine, go to https://www.artdesigncafe.com/emily-hall-tremaine

This audio runs through newspaper reporting on the opening of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in June 1941, within the context of the war in Europe and the Von Romberg Gallery. The key speech was how art was a force for good against Hitler. The Von Romberg Gallery in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art was named after Max von Romberg of Montecito by Emily Hall Tremaine in 1939, a year after Max’s death in a suspicious plane crash; he was flying the plane. At that time, Emily Hall Tremaine was known as Emily Spreckels; previously she was Emily von Romberg, Max’s wife from 1928 to the date of his death. What’s surprising is that just two months earlier in April 1941, Emily had just stepped out of the “He’s a Nazi, no SHE is” divorce battle with Adolph B. Spreckels, Jr., reported in media waves nationally starting in September 1940 until the case was surprisingly dismissed. It is understood that Emily and Max were connected to anti-Nazi US military intelligence, however that definitive documentation from declassified military intelligence has not yet been found. What did attendees at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art opening know about Emily and Max—that we don’t? What records are in the archive at the museum, and who attended the opening? Was US Naval Intelligence there? When will the museum make this information publicly available to help clarify Emily and Max’s roles in the anti-Nazi / Nazi battle in California? For more information about Emily's crazy 1930s and her fab art collection built after WWII with Burton Tremaine, go to https://www.artdesigncafe.com/emily-hall-tremaine