Thanks to some input from a friend n the IDCC, I can know confirm that Benno Thorsche established and ran the Studio City Camera Exchange at 12174 Ventura Boulevard in North Hollywood, California 91604 (telephone 818-762-4749), though the family seems to have closed the store in early 2006:
http://lavoice.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1581Well, Charlie Noble deserves credit for one slim deed: he did suggest that the Guthe and Thorsche families be permitted to emigrate to the US. I doubt that this was from altruistic motives -- he does not seem to have been the sort of person to have been much exercised by such -- but rather to have them far away if the Nazi regime should collapse and his ownership of the KW works might come into question.
I do not know of the situation of the Guthe family in Detroit. Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
