Kurt Gerron

Kurt Gerron (May 11, 1897 – November 15, 1944) was a German Jewish actor and film director during the Nazi period. Image File history File links Karussell. ... Image File history File links Karussell. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...

Born Kurt Gerson to Jewish parents in Berlin, Germany, Gerron initially studied medicine but became a stage actor in 1920. He appeared in such films as The Blue Angel opposite Marlene Dietrich, and on stage originated the role of Brown (the chief of police in London) in the premiere production of Die Dreigroschenoper in Berlin in 1928. For other uses, see Berlin (disambiguation). ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Der Blaue Engel (English: The Blue Angel) is a film directed by Josef von Sternberg in 1930, and is one of the most famous films made by Marlene Dietrich. ... Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s Marlene Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) was a German-born actress, entertainer and singer. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Die Dreigroschenoper, original German poster from Berlin, 1928. ...

Gerron was offered a trip to Hollywood but refused and stayed behind in Europe. He later left Germany, traveling first to France and later to the Netherlands. After the German army occupied the Netherlands, he was interned in the transit camp at Westerbork before being sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp. There he ran a cabaret called The Karussell to entertain the inmates. He was subsequently blackmailed by the National Socialists to make a propaganda film showing how 'nice' concentration camps were (Title Der Führer schenkt den Juden eine Stadt - The Fuehrer Gives a City to the Jews). After completion of the film, Gerron was shipped out on the camp's final transport to Auschwitz. He was murdered immediately upon arrival. Ironically, high-ranking Nazi official Heinrich Himmler ordered the gas chambers shut down forever the very next day.^{[citation needed]} Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... This article is about the concentration camp. ... Location of the concentration camp in the Czech Republic Gate Concentration camp Theresienstadt was a concentration camp set up by the Gestapo in the fortress and garrison city Terezín (German name Theresienstadt), located in what is now the Czech Republic. ... The Nazi Party, officially known as the National Socialist German Workers Party (German: , or NSDAP), was a political party in Germany between 1920 and 1945. ... An Australian anti-conscription propaganda poster from World War One Propaganda is a type of message aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of people. ... It has been suggested that Internment be merged into this article or section. ... The entrance to Auschwitz I. The now notorious motto over the gate, Arbeit macht frei translates as: Work will set you free. ...   (October 7, 1900 – May 23, 1945) was the commander of the German Schutzstaffel (SS) and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany. ...

Gerron is the subject of two documentary films, Prisoner in Paradise and Kurt Gerrons Karussell. The narrator in Kurt Gerrons Karussell, which stars Ute Lemper, is Roy Kift who has also written a play on Gerron's time in Theresienstadt entitled Camp Comedy (for more [1]). The play is published in The Theatre of the Holocaust edited by Professor Robert Skloot and published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Ute Lemper (born July 4, 1963) is a German chanteuse and actress. ...

External links

• Kurt Gerron at the Internet Movie Database

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