stating that he had only been "slightly [Nazi] burdened" and was able to continue his work. However, the university was constantly threatened with closure; von Knorr therefore soon applied for other positions. In 1952 he became director of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. From 1955 he was also military music advisor to Theodor Blank, the first Minister of Defence of the Federal Republic of Germany, In 1956, his wife Elise died after a long illness. Two years later, von Knorr married the Swedish music student Britt-Gun Lidin. After his retirement in 1961, von Knorr took over the direction of the University of Music and Theatre in his home town of Heidelberg until 1969. In 1961 Knorr received the Grand Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Legacy In 2014, Knorr's written estate was transferred to the Badische Landesbibliothek as a gift. It contains documents of various kinds, including compositions, extensive correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, etc., from the period from 1944 until his death in 1973 at the age of 77. Earlier documents do not exist, since Knorr's apartment at the time was destroyed in a bombing raid on Frankfurt in 1944, and his documents, including the manuscripts of his compositions up to that time, were almost completely destroyed. Literature Jasmin Hambsch: „Einleitung“, in dies.: Nachlass Ernst-Lothar von Knorr – Findbuch. Karlsruhe 2018, online Ernst-Lothar von Knorr: Lebenserinnerungen. Erlebtes musikalisches Geschehen in Deutschland. from the estate published by the Ernst-Lothar von Knorr-Stiftung, with an introduction by Thomas Schipperges. P. J. Tonger Musikverlag, Köln-Rodenkirchen 1996, . Ernst Lothar von Knorr, Munzinger in Internationales Biographisches Archiv. 45/1960, 31 October 1960 References External links Digitalisierte Dokumente aus dem Nachlass in den Digitalen Sammlungen der Badische Landesbibliothek Lied-Portal Nachlass von Ernst-Lothar von Knorr auf der Webseite der Badische Landesbibliothek 1896 births 1973 deaths North Rhine-Westphalia 20th-century classical composers 20th-century German composers Concertmasters Nazi Party members Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany