Biography

Fritz Spira was born on August 1, 1881 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor, known for Die dritte Eskadron (1926), Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg - Die Tragödie eines Kaiserreiches (1928) and Kaiserwalzer (1933). He was married to Lotte Spira. He died in 1943 in KZ Ruma, Croatia [now Vojvodina, Serbia].

Father of Steffi Spira and Camilla Spira.

The actor Fritz Spira belonged to the pioneers of the German silent movie, his first appearances can be backdated to the year 1910 with "Pro patria".

His career in the National Socialist Germany was sealed as a Jew. He wasn't able to work. He tried to leave Austria and even already has a visa in his hands but was arrested before he could leave and was locked up in a concentration camp. There he was killed in 1943.