Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin Elephant", that every magician of the 20th century was "haunted" by Robert-Houdin, "…who cast an enormous shadow over their generation." American magician and escape artist Harry Houdini (born Ehrich Weiss) was so impressed by Robert-Houdin that, after reading his autobiography in 1890, Ehrich adopted the stage name of "Houdini" in honour of Robert-Houdin. He incorrectly believed that an "i" on the end of a name meant "like" in French; but Houdini, his own career and reputation established by that time, later lost his youthful respect for Robert-Houdin, believing that he took undue credit for other magicians' innovations, and wrote "The
Elsa Ehrich the United States back to Germany. Ehrich was born in Bredereiche. She worked in a slaughterhouse. On 15 August 1940 she volunteered for service in the concentration camp Ravensbrück as an SS guard. From 1941 on, Ehrich worked as a SS-Rapportführerin (Rapport Leader). In October 1942 she was transferred to Majdanek near Lublin, where after some time she was promoted to SS-Oberaufseherin. She was under the "SS" command in the camp. Ehrich is blamed for the death of thousands of prisoners (including in gas chambers), from the women's section of the camp with children. During the 34 months of camp