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= Karla Grosch =

Early Life
Karla Grosch (1 June 1904 Weimar, Germany – 8 May 1933 Tel Aviv) was a German gymnastics teacher and dancer. Grosch was the daughter of Rudolf Grosch, a prominent German businessman. She studied under Gret Palucca at the Paulucca Dance School, which opened in 1925. Gret Palucca (8 January 1902 Munich – 22 March 1993 Dresden) was influenced by the Dada movement and was known for her nontraditional style.

Life in the Bauhaus
In 1928 Grosch became the second female teacher at the Bauhaus Art School in Dessau, Germany. Grosch was a dance teacher and primarily worked with Oskar Schlemmer on the Bauhausbühne project, a modern, experimental theatre program. From 1928 to 1930 she lived in a room in Paul Klee’s house and became close with the Klee family. While at the school Grosch had an affair with actor Max Lenz. In a letter to Lenz, Grosch wrote “this is the way I am, light-dark, warm-cold, up-down.” Her teaching career ended in 1932 when the Bauhaus Art School closed.

Tel Aviv
In the spring of 1933, she emigrated to Tel Aviv with her partner Franz “Bobby” Aichinger. Shortly after the move she suffered a cardiac arrest while swimming, and consequently drowned. She was pregnant when she passed. Grosch was buried in the German Cemetery in Sarona in Tel Aviv.