Kurt Gerron

Kurt Gerron

1897–1944·Deceased·Active 1920–1999

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. He made a film called "The Fuhrer Donates a City to the Jews" or in ...

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57Films
121Posters
79Years active
1930Peak year
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