From Berlin to Sydney

List of Figures - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Writer's Approach to the Topic - The Present Book - Part I (Until 1933) - Chapter 1. From Hobby to Profession - Syncopation Invades - The Launch of the Weintraubs Syncopators - Discovered by Friedrich Hollaender - Around the Memorial Church - Abroad for the First Time - With Josephine Baker - Chapter 2. Records, the Latest Hit - Friedrich Hollaender with his Weintraubs Syncopators - From Odeon to Electrola - With Vocals - Chapter 3. The Step onto Big Stages - Theatre Metropolis Berlin - Manager Heinz Barger - Publicity for a Unique Collective - One Month in the Berlin Wintergarten - Chapter 4. Action on the Screen - Beginnings of the Sound Film - 'And Nelson Plays ...' - 'The Blue Angel' (1929/1930) - From First Draft to Evergreen - Mockery of the Philistine - Other Films (1930-1931) - Chapter 5. Guest Performances and Tours - 'The Weintraubs - Prototype of the New Musician' - Girl Hype in Vienna - From Magdeburg to New York - Chapter 6. Rich Repertoire in the Media - Recordings in the Beethoven Hall (1930) - Radio Programmes (1930-1932) - Chapter 7. Finale in Berlin - Attacks From the Right - One Last Time in the Wintergarten - Last Media Productions 1933 in Germany - Escape Abroad - Self-disclosure in The Hague - Part II (1933-1937) - Chapter 8. Beginning of the Exile - Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland (1933-1934) - In Fascist Italy (1934-1935) - Austria and Czechoslovakia - Chapter 9. Invitation to the Soviet Union - From Prague to Moscow - Jazz under Stalin - Welcomed with Open Arms - Across a Giant Empire - A Side Trip - Unexpected Problems - Chapter 10. In the Japanese Empire - Heinz Barger Negotiates - Successful Also in Japan - Departure of Two Musicians - Preparations for Down Under. Part III (1937-1945) - Chapter 11. Start in Australia - Landing on a Faraway Continent (1937) - Guest Performance or Immigration? - Triumph in New Zealand (1938) - Chapter 12. Admired and Feared as Competition - 'My Melancholy Baby': Prince's Restaurant - Struggle for Publicity - Waiting for the Permanent Residence Permit - Chapter 13. The Hour of the Informers - Dangerous spies? - The Trade Union Secretary Continues to Fight - Chapter 14. Behind Barbed Wire - Support for the Allies - Arrested and Interned (1940-1941) - Special Case John Kurt Kaiser - In the Nazi Camp - Before the Alien Tribunal Court (1941) - Chapter 15. The Dissolution of the Band - End of the Professional Music Career - Military Service and Citizenship - A Late Victory Over the Musicians' Union - Part IV (1945 Until Today) - Chapter 16. Destinies of the Musicians After 1945 - Fragments of a Collective - Pressing On: Sydney John Kay - Music Only a Hobby - Chapter 17. Stages of Rediscovery - Stefan Weintraub Remembers - Discoveries and Encounters - Postscript - Discography - Bibliography - Appendix (including information about the website) - Index