In the 1926 Handbuch des Kunstmalers (Directory of Berlin artists) he is shown at W15 Fasanenstrasse 33.
In the years between the wars, the Agentur Schostal had its head office in Vienna, with branches in Paris, Milan, Berlin and Stockholm.
However, it has been noted that he was a friend of Magda Goebbels and some of his Berlin fashion photography carries dates in the late 1930s and 1940s.
In 1933 the Deutsches Modeamt (German Fashion Office) was established by the Ministry of Propaganda, under the leadership of Madga Goebbels,[3] from which her husband dismissed her very early on.
Imre von Santho is shown in the Berlin telephone directories for 1940 and 1941 having a studio at W15 Kurfurstendamm 201 [4] (and at 102).