theSecondWorldWar,shejoinedtheGermanairforcetroopentertainmentpro-
gramme.Kamphoevener’sperformancesconsistedofaclassicalstorytellingre-
citalinthemeddahtradition,castingaspelloverhermilitaryaudience.⁶
ElsaSophiavonKamphoevener,AnNachtfeuernderKarawan-Serail:MärchenundGeschichten
alttürkischerNomaden,vol.1(Hamburg:Rowohlt,1988), 12 – 13.
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