Leon Askin (left) and Paulus Manker in a café in Vienna.

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Born as Leo Aschkenasy into a Jewish family in Vienna, Askin already wanted to be an actor as a child. His dream came true, and in the 1930s he worked as a cabaret artist and director at the "ABC Theatre" in Vienna: in this position he also helped the career of the writer Jura Soyfer get off the ground in 1935. The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue - a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... Jura Soyfer (December 8, 1912. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Persecuted by the Nazis, Askin escaped to the United States via France, arriving in New York in 1940 with no money and less than a basic knowledge of English. When the U.S. entered the Second World War Askin joined the U.S. Army. While serving in the military he learned that his parents had been killed at Treblinka extermination camp. Look up Nazi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Treblinka is a small village in the Mazowieckie voivodship (province) of Poland. ...

After the war, Askin went to Hollywood, invariably portraying foreign characters who speak English with a strong accent. He gained wide popularity by appearing as Gen. Albert Burkhalter in the sitcom Hogan's Heroes in the late 1960s. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The allied cast of Hogans Heroes plus Hilda Hogans Heroes was a television sitcom that ran on the CBS television network from 1965 to 1971. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...

As opposed to other exiled Austrians, Askin never refused to work again in his home country. In 1994 he permanently took up residence in Vienna, where he remained active until his death in cabaret, as well as the Volksoper and Festwochen. He was awarded Vienna's Gold Medal of Honor. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Leon Askin died on June 3rd, 2005 in Vienna. He was 97.

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• Leon Askin at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.macleans.ca/culture/news/shownews.jsp?content=e060333A (Obituary in Macleans)
• http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=3428319 (Obituary at KVOA)