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- Died
- Birth nameSandor Friedrich Rosenfeld
- Roda-Roda was born on April 13, 1872 in Drnowitz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Drnovice, Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for Liebeskommando (1931), Die Liebe vom Zigeuner stammt... (1920) and Der Feldherrnhügel (1953). He was married to Elsbeth Anna Freifrau von Zeppelin. He died on August 20, 1945 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseElsbeth Anna Freifrau von Zeppelin(1905 - August 20, 1945) (his death, 1 child)
- With the outbreak of World War I Roda-Roda worked as a war correspondent and after the war he became an all-rounder in the fields cabaret and literature. His literally works were characterized by humour and satire.
- He died in New York at the age of 73. In contrast to him who was able to flee abroad, his sister Gisela was deported to Theresienstadt where she died.
- Roda is the Croatian word for stork. He chose his new surname because storks nested on the chimney of his house in Esseg (today Osijek).
- The takeover of the National Socialists ended his career in Germany and he went to Austria where he had to flee as well in 1938. He first went to Switzerland and later he emigrated to the USA.
- Roda-Roda began a study for law and when he gave it up he joined the military. There he was able to be active as an author as well and he wrote the "Slavonische Dorfgeschichten".
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