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At the height of his career in the 1930s and 1940s, Lorenz possessed a powerful, ringing, impassioned voice. Many of his recordings of operatic arias are now available online. Notably, he was recorded live in a performance of
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As for his Jewish wife, Lorenz insisted on being open about his marriage, which was taken as a provocation by the Nazis. When Lorenz was away from home, the
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burst in and tried to arrest his wife and mother-in-law. At the last moment they were saved when Lotte Lorenz called the sister of
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