Prunella Stack; Gertrud Scholtz-Klink
1 portrait of Gertrud Scholtz-Klink
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Prunella Stack; Gertrud Scholtz-Klink
by Associated Press
bromide press print, 8 March 1939
5 1/2 in. x 7 3/8 in. (139 mm x 188 mm) overall
Photographs Collection
NPG x194356
On display in Room 27 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
Sittersback to top
- Gertrud Scholtz-Klink (1902-1999), Leader of the National Socialist Women's League, Germany. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- (Ann) Prunella Stack (Mrs Brian St Quentin Power) (1914-2010), Head of the Women’s League of Health and Beauty; former wife of Lord David Douglas-Hamilton and of Alistair Albers, and later wife of Brian St Quentin Power. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Women's League of Health Headquarters, London)
Events of 1939back to top
Current affairs
Britain goes to war. The German invasion of Poland demonstrated that the policy of appeasement had failed. After refusing to meet Britain's ultimatum to withdraw troops, Britain and France declared war on Germany. The Second World War had begun.Art and science
The Sutton Hoo burial ship is discovered. Apparently following a dream, Mrs Pretty invited the archaeologist Basil Brown to investigate a series of burial mounds on her estate on the banks of the river Deben in Suffolk. The excavation revealed an Anglo-Saxon burial, uncovering the most significant horde of early medieval artefacts found in Britain (now housed at the British Museum).International
The Second World War begins. Germany's invasion of Poland prompted Britain and France to declare war forming the core of the Allied powers. As part of the Soviet-Nazi Pact, the Soviet Union joined the war on the German side, helping, with Italy, to form the Axis Powers. Poland was soon overpowered and the Baltic Republics and Finland were invaded by the Soviet Union.Comments back to top
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Geoffrey Margetts
09 March 2021, 16:32
The name of the girl with glasses who sits diagonally in front of Getrud Schultz-Klink is Ellen Smith. She, together with my mother, worked at the British Electric Traction Company, 88 Kingsway, over the Kingsway/Holborn tube station.
She shared an office with my mother, Marie Bayliss, and they both belonged to the LH&B.
They were both there when this particular photo was taken, although my mother cannot be seen.
She writes “….at one time a person who ran a similar organisation in Germany came over, and we gave a display. A photograph was taken which included a good one of Ellen, but I was just missed out.”
Judging by the hairstyle, that could be the top of my mother's head at the extreme bottom left