Her parents quickly made plans to send Hildegard and her sister to the United States, where they had relatives working in the meat industry.
After their return, their family home in Mannheim was plundered during Kristallnacht, but the Bachert parents escaped the country shortly thereafter and rejoined their children in America.
[2] Bachert was instrumental in cultivating the gallery’s relationship with Grandma Moses, the most famous of the American folk artists represented by the Galerie St. Etienne.
Bachert and Kallir found many ways to make the historical material the Galerie St. Etienne is known for relevant to a contemporary audience.
[4] In addition to Moses and Kollwitz, Bachert played a critical role in promoting lesser known artists in the Galerie St. Etienne’s purview like Paula Modersohn-Becker, Richard Gerstl, Lea Grundig, Jeanne Mammen, and Sue Coe.