Gerard Hoffnung (1925-1959) was an artist and musician, best known for his humorous works. Born in Berlin on 22nd March 1925, and named Gerhard, he was the only child of a well-to-do Jewish couple, Hilde and Ludwig Hoffnung. In 1939 his parents left Germany for London, where he attended Highgate School, while his father went to what was then the British Mandate of Palestine to enter the family's banking business. (This temporary separation became permanent as a consequence of the Second World War.)
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Childhood
The Moon
Dieting
Pets
Sport
The Housekeeper
Travel
Speech by Gerard Hoffnung
Speech by Gerald Hoffnung (1989 Digital Remaster)
The Bricklayer
Part 1
Working Day
Collecting
Oxford Union Speech Part 3 - Bricklayer Story
Hobbies
Life Begins At 38 (Speech to Oxford Union 1958)
The Bricklater
French Widows
The Bricklayer's Lament
At Home
Speech by Gerald Hoffnung (1956 Digital Remaster)
The Daily Routine
The Cinema
Teatime
Broadcasting
Part 2
Oxford Union Speech Part 1
Oxford Union Address
Cinema
Oxford Union Speech Part 2
Speech By Gerald Hoffnung
Oxford Union Speech Part 4
Oxford Union Speech Part 6
Let's Fake an Opera
Hoffnung at the Oxford Union, Pt. 1
Oxford Union Speech Part 5
Broadcasting The Cold Burn
The Film Fan Part 2
It Pays To Advertise
Waltz for Restricted Orchestra
My Life Part 3
My Life
The Oxford Union Speech
The Film Fan Part 1
The Famous Tay Whale
The Hoffnung Interplanetary Music Festival 1958, Pt. 1
Introductory music played in the foyer
Sugar Plums
Horrortorio
Punkt Contrapunkt
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