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- Birth nameWilhelm Georg Strienz
- Wilhelm Strienz was born on September 2, 1900 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was an actor, known for Schindler's List (1993), Stalingrad (1993) and Request Concert (1940). He was married to Anneliese Härtl, Elfriede Elsa Richter, Alwine Wilhelmine Müller and Serafima Simiona Rostin. He died on May 10, 1987 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- SpousesAnneliese Härtl(1955 - May 10, 1987) (his death)Elfriede Elsa Richter(1942 - 1946) (divorced)Alwine Wilhelmine Müller(1936 - 1936) (divorced)Serafima Simiona Rostin(January 1924 - 1933) (divorced)
- When he finished his education he started his career the opera house in Berlin in 1922. In the next years followed engagements in Wiesbaden, Stuttgart and Kaiserslautern.
- In the immediate post-war period, German broadcasters, especially in the Soviet occupation zone, boycotted Strienz since his name was associated with Nazi propaganda of the war years. But he continued his singing career nonetheless, making successful tours and receiving a record contract from Decca.
- In 1936, he sang in the Nationalsozialistische Kulturgemeinde-produced film Ewiger Wald (Eternal Forest).
- Wilhelm Strienz was able to continue his career after the war although his name was on the so-called "Gottbegnadeten-Liste" of Adolf Hitler.
- After the seizure of power in Germany by the Nazis in 1933, broadcasting director Ernst Hardt was dismissed but Strienz joined the S.A. and was engaged by the Berlin State Opera. In 1935, he recorded Deutsch sein heißt treu sein! (To be German is to be loyal) and Flieg', Deutsche Fahne Flieg'! (Fly, German flag) on the Electrola label.
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