Ivan Jandl (January 24, 1937 - ??? 1987) was a Czech child actor. Jump to: navigation, search January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Jandl appeared in the 1948 film The Search as a nine year old Czech boy who had survived Auschwitz and was searching for his mother in post-war Germany. Filmed on location, the performance of Jandl as a boy rendered mute by his experiences struck a chord with cinema goers and critics alike. He was awarded an Academy Juvenile Award for his work, but never worked as an actor again. Ivan died at an early age. He was in a round-about way killed by the Czech Communists. His only "crime" was that he acted in the American movie "The Search." Ivan Jandl's performance in the movie The Search (1948) gave so much hope to the people of Czechoslovakia that the communists took him out of school and put him to work in a rock quarry. He had to leave university and work in the quarry and the years of persecution deprived him of the possibility to develop his talent. He was forced to work there for a long time and never fully recovered from the strains put on him at the time. He lived the rest of his life in a sickly state, and died relatively young. He was punished by the communists, his relatively unoffensive movie was banned for 40 years and this young boy was basically murdered. Virtually no one talks about his Oscar, his life or his tragic death. Ivan died in 1987, in complete obscurity. Jump to: navigation, search 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Search is a 1948 film which tells the story of a young Auschwitz survivor and his mother who search for each other across postwar Europe. ... Auschwitz, in English, commonly refers to the Auschwitz concentration camp complex built near the town of Oświęcim, by Nazi Germany during World War II. Rarely, it may refer to the Polish town of Oświęcim (called by the Germans Auschwitz) itself. ... This award is officially called the Honorary Juvenile Award. ... This article is about communism as a form of society, as an ideology advocating that form of society, and as a popular movement. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...