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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. 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.
The last deportation of Jews from Terezin to Auschwitz left on 28 October 1944, carrying Kurt Gerron, who worked on the German propaganda film made in Terezin.
Kurt Gerron war ein deutscher Schauspieler, Sänger und Regisseur. Er wurde als Jude von den Nationalsozialisten verfolgt, interniert und ermordet.
Prisoner Of Paradise is a documentary about Kurt Gerron, a Jewish cabaret artist, actor and film director who died in the Holocaust.
May 12, 2022 · Kurt Gerron. 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 (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.
Kurt Gerron was born Kurt Gerson to Jewish parents in Berlin, Germany on 11 May 1897. After school Gerron fought in the Great War and he was wounded several times. During the war he studied medicine, and he obtained a medical degree. However, he became a stage actor in 1920.
The multi-faceted actor and director Kurt Gerron was a much-lauded film, theatre and cabaret star of the Weimar Republic. In 1928 he sang the song Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife) in the first performance of Bertolt Brecht’s Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera).
