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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.
Kurt Gerron - Successful Jewish Actor and Director in Germany between the World Wars 28 October 1944: Deportation of Jews from Terezin to Auschwitz Portrait of Kurt Gerron, 1929.
May 12, 2022 · Kurt Gerron (Private Archive) Kurt Gerron, was born Kurt Gerson, to Jewish parents on May 11, 1897, in Berlin. After school Kurt Gerron fought in the First World War and he was wounded several times. During his service he studied medicine, and he obtained a degree in medicine.
Kurt Gerron. Actor: The Blue Angel. Gerron fled to France (because he was Jewish), then settled in Amsterdam in 1933. He was arrested by the SS in 1943 and was sent to Theresienstadt in 1944 to direct a staged documentary intended to persuade world public opinion that Jews were well treated in concentration camps.
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.
Kurt Gerron (1897-1944) played police chief "Tiger" Brown on the opening night of one of the greatest theatrical productions of the twentieth century, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s Three Penny Opera. Gerron was sent to Westerbork with his family on 20 September 1943.
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.
