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November 27 in German History
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November 27, 1680

Death of Athanasius Kirchner in Rome (born in Geisa, Germany). Kirchner studied in Fulda, Paderborn, Cologne and Koblenz. In 1628 he was ordained a Jesuit priest in Mainz. In 1634 he moved to Rome and took up the task of assembling and organizing information sent by Jesuit missionaries from all parts of the world.

November 27, 1981

Death of Lotte Lenya (Karoline Blamauer) in New York (born in Penzig, Austria). After an early career on stage as an actress/dancer she married the writer Kurt Weill in 1926. In 1927 she appeared in the Marxist oriented work Mahagonny which Weill had produced with Bert Brecht. In 1928 she played in Die Dreigroschenoper. In 1933 she and Weill fled before the Nazis to France and then to New York. She developed a reputation on stage both before and after Weill's death in 1950. She also appeared in a number of films.

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