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Kurt Gerron (11 May 1897 – 30 October 1944) was a German Jewish actor and film director. He and his wife, Olga, were murdered in the Holocaust . Life. Born Kurt Gerson into a well-off merchant family in Berlin, he studied medicine before being called up for military service in World War I.
Kurt Gerron was a successful actor and director in interwar Germany, but was expelled from the industry by the Nazis in 1933. He survived the Terezin ghetto, where he established a cabaret troupe, but was deported to Auschwitz and killed in 1944.
Kurt Gerron (1897-1944) was a German-born Jewish performer who starred in The Blue Angel and directed a Nazi propaganda film in Theresienstadt. He was arrested by the SS and murdered in Auschwitz in 1944.
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Kurt Gerron was a Jewish actor and director who made a propaganda film for the Nazis in Theresienstadt. He was deported to Auschwitz and gassed after the filming was completed.
Kurt Gerron (eigentlich Kurt Gerson) ( 11. Mai 1897 in Berlin – 30. Oktober [1] 1944 im Konzentrationslager Auschwitz) war ein deutscher Schauspieler, Sänger und Regisseur. Er wurde als Jude von den Nationalsozialisten verfolgt, interniert und ermordet. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 1.1 Jugend und Teilnahme am Ersten Weltkrieg.
Kurt Gerron was a Jewish actor and director who made a propaganda film for the Nazis at Theresienstadt. He was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in 1944.
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After successfully deceiving the Red Cross representatives, 2 Nazi authorities then decided to make a propaganda film on location at Theresienstadt. The film's "cast," musicians, and director Kurt Gerron 3 were all prisoners of Theresienstadt. The film was made under the close supervision of the SS.
