 Although the Nazis were charmed, Goebbels (a virulent anti-Semite) learned about this incident, and decreed that Gottschalk would be required to separate from his Jewish wife.When Gottschalk refused, Goebbels ordered Gottschalk's wife and child transported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp.The minister's Special Representative Hans Hinkel insisted on the divorce and Gottschalk was threatened to play no further roles.