Kurt Gerron(1897-1944)
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
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 German "Der Fuhrer schenkt den Juden eine Stadt".
After he completed the film he was sent to Auschwitz where he was
murdered.
