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Józef Cornobis was born on 28 June 1880 in Kragola, Poland, Russian Empire [now Kragola, Wielkopolskie, Poland]. He was an actor. He died in September 1939 in Torun, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland.(1939, Sept.) Shot by the Germans during the invasion of Poland.- Karl Hammes was born on 25 March 1896 in Zell (Mosel), Germany. He was an actor, known for Königswalzer (1935) and Spanisches Intermezzo (1929). He died on 10 September 1939 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.(1939, Sept. 10) Died from injuries he received when his fighter plane was shot down by the Germans.
- Writer
- Actor
- Art Director
Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz was born on 10 August 1898 in Okunevo, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Hlybokaye Raion, Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus]. He was a writer and actor, known for District Attorney (1933), Bialy Murzyn (1939) and Znachor (1937). He died on 20 September 1939 in Kuty, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Kuty, Ukraine].(1939, Sept. 20) Killed in a skirmish with the advancing Soviet Red Army.- Stefan Hnydzinski was born on 29 July 1901 in Prömsel, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Przemysl, Podkarpackie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Girls of Nowolipki (1937), Pani minister tanczy (1937) and Romans panny Opolskiej (1928). He died on 2 October 1939 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.(1939, Oct. 2) Killed in an air raid. (Warsaw)
- Marian Palewicz was born on 1 January 1881 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Pan Tadeusz (1928), Chlopi (1922) and Halka (1930). He died on 26 September 1939 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.(1939, Sept. 26) Died of war wound received during the German invasion of Poland.
- Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz was born on 24 February 1885 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Nursery Rhyme of a Madman (2017), Farewell to Autumn (1990) and W starym dworku czyli niepodleglosc trójkatów (1984). He was married to Jadwiga Witkiewiczowa. He died on 18 September 1939 in Jeziory, Poleskie, Poland [now Velyki Ozera, Ukraine].(1939, Sept. 18) Committed suicide upon hearing the news of the Soviet invasion of Poland.
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- Actor
Nyrki Tapiovara (1911-1940) is considered the first film theoretician in Finland.During a repressive period in the 1930s when his country was dominated by the Lapua (Fascist) movement, he was a prominent member of the short lived Projektio film society where aspiring artists could learn about the latest techniques and intellectualize about the medium. Projektio before it was closed by state police in 1936 was coming under the influence of Modernism and the experimental avant garde. Tapiovara's work was socially conscious in content and impressionist in style.If it had not been for his mysterious death fighting with a ski patrol behind Russian lines during the 1940 Winter War, he might have gone on to put Finnish cinema more visibly on the international map. Several of his films which had not previously been shown in the US were exhibited as part of a series, Baby It's Cold Outside, in the spring of 1998 at New York City's prestigious Museum of Modern Art.(1940, Feb. 29) Vanished on patrol behind Russian lines during the Winter War.- Marian Rentgen was born on 23 June 1888 in Bochnia, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Bochnia, Malopolskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Pani minister tanczy (1937), Sto metrów milosci (1932) and O czym sie nie mówi... (1939). He died in April 1940 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine].(1940, April) Was a victim of the Katyn Massacre.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Special Effects
Werner Bohne was born on 25 September 1895 in Rudna, Poland. He was a cinematographer, known for Susanne macht Ordnung (1930), The Unknown (1936) and A Door Opens (1933). He died on 9 April 1940 in Oslo, Norway.(1940, April 9) Killed in the sinking of the heavy cruiser Bluecher during a military engagement in a fjord near Oslo.- Director
- Actor
- Editor
Roger Capellani was born on 31 January 1905 in Paris, France. He was a director and actor, known for Côte d'Azur (1932), Quand te tues-tu? (1931) and Voilà Montmartre (1934). He died on 30 May 1940 in Zuydcoote, Nord, France.(1940, May 30) Killed during the German invasion of France.- Charles Lamy was born on 28 August 1857 in Lyon, Rhône, France. He was an actor, known for Les mystères de Paris (1922), Mon oncle Benjamin (1924) and Le blanc et le noir (1931). He died on 15 June 1940 in Orléans, Loiret, France.(1940, June 15) Killed during the German invasion of France.
- Ernst Weiß was born on 28 August 1882 in Brünn, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Franta (1989) and Mein Vater, meine Frau und meine Geliebte (2004). He died on 15 June 1940 in Paris, France.(1940, June 15) Committed suicide when German troops captured Paris.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Maurice Jaubert was born on 3 January 1900 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Frances Ha (2012), L'Atalante (1934) and Port of Shadows (1938). He was married to Marthe Poidlouë. He died on 19 June 1940 in Azerailles, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.(1940, June 19) Killed as a result of enemy aircraft fire during the invasion of France.- Writer
- Actor
Walter Hasenclever was born on 8 July 1890 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Rendezvous (1930), Anna Christie (1930) and Ein besserer Herr (1928). He was married to Edith Schäfer and Lilly Turell. He died on 21 June 1940 in Les Milles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.(1940, June 22) Committed suicide during the German invasion of France.- Ernst Spitz was born on 27 June 1902 in Brassó, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Brasov, Romania]. He was a writer, known for The World and the Flesh (1932). He died on 22 June 1940 in Buchenwald concentration camp, Thuringia, Germany.(1940, June 22) Perished in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
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- Director
- Writer
Ulrich Bigalke was born on 1 July 1910 in Essen, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Deutsche Siege in drei Erdteilen (1937) and Zwischen Sahara und Nürburgring (1936). He died on 12 August 1940.(1940, Aug. 12) Killed during the Battle of Britain while serving with the Luftwaffe.- William M.L. "Billy" Fiske from Brooklyn, New York, was an American socialite who dabbled in banking and movie production, producing White Heat (1934). However, he was more famous for the two gold medals he won at consecutive Winter Olympics in 1928 and 1932, as the leader of the bobsled team. When World War Two began, he was living in England, married to a British society beauty. Thanks to his contacts he was able to pull strings to join the Royal Air Force, in defiance of the US Neutrality Act, by posing as a Canadian. He flew Hurricane fighters with the auxiliary 601 Squadron in the Battle of Britain, before being shot down on 16 August 1940. He was burned and died from shock two days later.
Fiske is commemorated with a plaque in the crypt of St.Paul's Cathedral, London. His life will be the subject of a forthcoming film, The Few (2006) and American Warrior: Billy Fiske (2005).(1940, Aug. 17) Flew Hurricane fighters in the Battle of Britain before being shot down. He was burned and died from shock. - Hal Walters was born on 29 January 1892 in South Shields, Durham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Yes, Madam (1933), The Vulture (1937) and The Viper (1938). He died on 7 September 1940 in London, England, UK.(1940, Sept. 7) Killed during an air raid. (London)
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- Producer
Ruby Grierson was born in 1904 in Stirling, Scotland, UK. Ruby was a director and producer, known for They Also Serve (1940), Six Foods for Fitness (1940) and Cargo for Ardrossan (1939). Ruby died on 18 September 1940 in SS City of Benares at sea.(1940, Sept. 18) Died on a boat, while filming, that was torpedoed by a German submarine.- Actress
- Director
Diana Karenne was born in 1888 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was an actress and director, known for Redenzione (1919), Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin (1922) and Rasputins Liebesabenteuer (1928). She died on 14 October 1940 in Aachen, Germany.(1940, Oct. 14) Injured in an Allied bombing of Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) in July. After 3 months in a coma, she died in October of the same year without having regained consciousness.- Philipp Hamber was a producer, known for Hoch vom Dachstein (1928), Das grobe Hemd (1927) and Franz Schuberts und sein lachendes Wien (1928). Philipp died on 5 November 1940 in Buchenwald, Germany.(1940, Nov. 5) Perished in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
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- Actor
- Writer
Helmer Adler was born on 6 May 1908. He was a director and actor, known for Herrat ovat herkkäuskoisia (1939). He died on 4 December 1940.(1940, Dec. 4) Committed suicide with gas to resist the Finnish military.- Martin Linge was a Norwegian actor on the stage from 1918. He was not in the front rank as an actor but made some memorable performances in the plays of Ibsen, Garborg and Nordahl Grieg. Bit part player in some films before the war. As a captain in the army he joined the defense of Norway when the war came in the spring of 1940. Escaping to England, where he educated young soldiers for commando-raids. During such a raid towards Måløy in the end of December 1941, he was killed in action.
His grandson, Espen Linge Haavardsholm, has written a biography about his famous grandfather.(1941, Dec. 27) Joined the defense of Norway when the war came in the spring of 1940. Escaping to England, he educated young soldiers for commando-raids. During such a raid towards Måløy in the end of December 1941, he was killed in action. - Actor
- Writer
- Composer
Karel Hasler was born on 31 October 1879 in Prague, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and writer, known for Ircin románek (1936), Batalion (1927) and Písnickár (1932). He died on 22 December 1941 in Mauthausen concentration camp, Upper Danube, Germany [now Upper Austria, Austria].(1941, Dec. 22) Perished in the Mauthausen concentration camp.- Mikhail Rosenberg was born on 22 March 1913 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a writer, known for The Girl from Leningrad (1941) and Boyevoy kinosbornik 2 (1941). He died in December 1941 in near Lake Ladoga, Leningrad Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].(1941, Dec.) Presumably died during the Siege of Leningrad.
- Joachim Gottschalk was born on 10 April 1904 in Calau, Brandenburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die schwedische Nachtigall (1941), Du und ich (1938) and Das Mädchen von Fanö (1941). He was married to Meta Wolff. He died on 6 November 1941 in Berlin, Germany.(1941, Nov. 6) Naively insisted that his Jewish wife accompany him to a film industry Artist's Association in 1941 Germany. At the dinner Nazi Propaganda head Joseph Goebbels was charmed by Mrs. Gottschalk until he was informed that she was Jewish. Goebbels personally told Joachim he had to divorce her - so she could be sent away and he could continue his successful acting career. Unable to leave the country and unwilling to abandon his family to certain death in a concentration camp, Joachim, his wife, and their eight year old son Michael sealed themselves in the family home and gassed themselves to death.
- Hans Joachim Schaufuß was born on 28 December 1918 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Emil and the Detectives (1931), Der Bettelstudent (1936) and Annette in Paradise (1934). He died on 27 October 1941 in Oryol, USSR.(1941, Oct. 27) Killed in combat during Operation Barbarossa.
- Actor
- Art Director
Kaarlo Oksanen was born on 11 January 1909 in Helsinki, Finland. He was an actor and art director, known for The Song of the Scarlet Flower (1938), Unelma karjamajalla (1940) and Kiusaus (1938). He was married to Rakel Linnanheimo and Hellin Aino Präktig. He died on 14 October 1941.(1941, Oct. 14) Was wounded during the Continuation War in Eastern Karelia and died from wounds in a field hospital.- Aribert Mog was born on 3 August 1904 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Etappenhase (1937), Fährmann Maria (1936) and Der Sprung ins Nichts (1932). He died on 2 October 1941 in near Nova Trojanova, Soviet Union [now Russia].(1941, Oct. 2) Killed in action during Operation Barbarossa.
- Boris Lapin was born on 16 July 1905 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a writer, known for Son of Mongolia (1936), Na beregu bolshoy reki (1981) and Yego zovut Sukhe-Bator (1942). He died in September 1941 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].(1941, Sept.) Possibly killed during the Battle of Kiev.
- August Cesarec was born on 4 December 1893 in Agram, Austria-Hungary. He was a writer, known for Zlatni mladic (1970), Katakombe (1964) and Tonkina jedina ljubav (1965). He died on 17 July 1941 in Dotrsèina kraj Zagreba, Croatia.(1941, July 17) Executed by the Germans.
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- Editor
Walter Ruttmann was born on 28 December 1887 in Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Metropolis (1927), Mannesmann - Ein Film der Mannesmannröhren-Werke (1937) and Acciaio (1933). He was married to Christine Margarete Helene Prasch, Nina Hamson, Erna Treitel and Maria Christina Agnes Sommer. He died on 15 July 1941 in Berlin, Germany.(1941, July 15) Was severely injured while filming a documentary about the fighting on the Russian front. Transported back to Berlin, he died in a hospital during an operation.- Alter Kacyzne was born on 31 May 1885 in Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. Alter was a writer, known for On a heym (1939). Alter died on 7 July 1941 in Tarnopol, Tarnopolskie, Poland [now Ternopil, Ukraine].(1941, July 7) Was beaten to death by Ukrainian collaborators during the extermination of Tarnopol's Jewish population.
- Tadeusz Boy-Zelenski was born on 21 December 1874 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004), Television Theater (1953) and U cioci Leonii (2018). He was married to Zofia Parenska. He died on 4 July 1941 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine].(1941, July 4) Executed by the Germans.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Otto Kanturek was born on 27 July 1897 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for The Student's Romance (1935), Woman in the Moon (1929) and V tom domecku pod Emauzy (1934). He died on 26 June 1941 in Cawston, Norfolk, England, UK.(1941, June 26) Killed with Jack Parry when a Hurricane fighter collided with rheir Avro Anson camera plane over Norfolk after filming for "A Yank in the RAF" (1941).- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Special Effects
Jack Parry was born in 1897 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK. He was a cinematographer. He died on 26 June 1941 in Cawston, Norfolk, England, UK.(1941, June 26) Killed with Otto Kanturek when a Hurricane fighter collided with rheir Avro Anson camera plane over Norfolk after filming for "A Yank in the RAF" (1941).- Jacques Terrane was born on 23 August 1915 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for La loi du nord (1939). He was married to Drue Leyton. He died on 20 June 1941 in Damascus, French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon [now Syria].(1941, June 20) Killed while serving with the Free French in Syria.
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- Soundtrack
Oskar Joost Orchester was born on 9 June 1898 in Wissembourg, Alsace, France. He was an actor, known for Suite Française (2014), Der Herr Finanzdirektor (1931) and Keinen Tag ohne Dich (1933). He died on 29 May 1941 in Berlin, Germany.(1941, May 29) Severely wounded on the Eastern Front. Died in a hospital in Berlin from the flu.- Hans Karl Gottschalk was born on 22 November 1891 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a cinematographer, known for Liebe und Leben, 2. Teil - Die Tochter des Senators (1918), Liebesopfer (1918) and Liebe und Leben, 1. Teil - Die Seele des Kindes (1918). He died on 27 May 1941 in North Atlantic Ocean.(1941, May 27) Killed while serving in the North Atlantic.
- S.J. Warmington was born on 16 December 1884 in Hoxton, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Sabotage (1936), Murder! (1930) and Wisp o' the Woods (1919). He was married to Olga Slade. He died on 11 May 1941 in Kensington, London, England, UK.(1941, May 10) Killed during an air raid. (London)
- Alfred Atkins was born on 12 July 1898 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for My Lucky Star (1933). He died on 10 May 1941 in Streatham, London, England, UK.(1941, May 10) Killed during an air raid. (London)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Mary Lawson was born on 30 August 1910 in Darlington, Durham, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Can You Hear Me, Mother? (1935), Toilers of the Sea (1936) and D'Ye Ken John Peel? (1935). She was married to L.C. Beaumont. She died on 6 May 1941 in Liverpool, England, UK.(1941, May 4) Killed during an air raid. (Liverpool)- Actor
- Soundtrack
Al Bowlly was born on 7 January 1899 in Delagoa Bay, Portuguese East Africa [now Maputo Bay, Mozambique]. He was an actor, known for Ready Player One (2018), The Jacket (2005) and The Outsider (2018). He was married to Margaret Fairless and Freda Roberts. He died on 17 April 1941 in London, England, UK.(1941, April 17) Killed in an air raid. (London)- Ken Johnson was born on 10 September 1914 in Georgetown, British Guiana. He was an actor, known for The Torso Murder Mystery (1939). He died on 8 March 1941 in London, England, UK.(1941, Mar. 8) Killed during an air raid. (London)
- Actor
- Casting Department
Igo Sym was born in Innsbruck, Austria in 1896. Before working as an actor he served from 1918-1921 in the Polish army. After working in silent films he was engaged by the theater in Warsaw, where he often appeared with his "Singing Saw".
When in 1939 the Germans ran over Poland, Sym started to collaborate with them. At this time many Polish people where head-hunted, and many of them where celebrities. Sym worked for the Gestapo and trapped some of these searched people (among them was the famous singer Hanka Ordonówna). When the Polish underground-gouvernment found out about Sym's contacts with the Gestapo, he was executed in his apartment on March 7th 1941.(1941, Mar. 7) When the Polish underground-government found out about Sym's contacts with the Gestapo, he was executed in his apartment.- Writer
- Actor
- Music Department
Fritz Grünbaum was born on 7 April 1880 in Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for Die Csikosbaroneß (1930), 1. April 2000 (1952) and Liebeskommando (1931). He was married to Lilly Herzl, Mizzi Dressl and Karolina Nagelmüller. He died on 14 January 1941 in Dachau concentration camp, Bavaria, Germany.(1941, Jan. 14) Perished in the Dachau concentration camp.- Mikhail Gipsi was born in 1891 in Tatishchevo, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Happiness (1935), Schaste (1935) and Devushka s dalyokoy reki (1928). He died on 5 January 1942 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].(1942, Jan. 5) Died of starvation during the Siege of Leningrad.
- Aleksandr Belyaev was born on 16 March 1884 in Smolensk, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a writer, known for The Amphibian, Amphibian Man (1961) and Zaveshchaniye professora Douelya (1984). He was married to Margarita Konstantinovna Belyaeva, Vera Belyaeva and Anna Iwanowna Stankevich. He died on 6 January 1942 in Pushkin, Leningrad, USSR.(1942, Jan. 6) Died of starvation during the Siege of Leningrad.
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- Writer
Franz Wenzler was born on 26 April 1893 in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Hundert Tage (1935), Ehe mit beschränkter Haftung (1931) and The Peak Scaler (1933). He died on 9 January 1942 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.(1942, Jan. 9) Died under mysterious circumstances in Rome, Italy.- Walter Spies was born in Moscow, Russia on 15 September 1895, of a large German-Russian family, which owned one of the largest wholesale corporations in Tsarist Russia before World War I, so he lived a privileged life during his childhood. After the outbreak of WWI, Tsarist government, suspicious of a corporate entity with so many German-sounding names (although nearly all had been born in Russia) seized his family's holdings. During this period, Walter was 'interned' far to the east of Moscow, where he was exposed to the alien ways of the peoples of central Russia, which kindled his interest in non-Western mores and art, which was to prove important to his later career.
After the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which ended hostilities between Germany and Russia, his family was deported to Germany, where he initially settled in Dresden, now in his early 20s. Dresden was at the time a center of avant-garde art, but it was not long before he gravitated to Berlin, the center of the cultural turmoil of the Weimar Republic. His first exhibition in 1919 was met with interest, and he soon joined the cultural ferment. However, in many ways he was a very private person, and often would retreat from Berlin to the vacation spot in the Baltic Sea, the island of Sylt.
When the tumult of Berlin finally became too much, Walter followed his desire for adventure and personal fulfillment by voyaging to Java, in the Dutch East Indies. He quickly mastered the native languages and after working as a musician in Java (including a stint as an accompanist to silent movies), he fell in love with Bali, which he first visited in 1925 and moved to permanently in 1927.
Bali is a unique island, being itself Hindu but surrounded by a sea of Islam. Walter found this then virtually unknown backwater to his liking, being highly impressed with the richness and unselfconscious nature of Balinese art, dance and music. He rapidly "went native" but was somewhat surprised that the Balinese were practically unaware of the value of their own talents and set himself to the task of collecting and preserving works that otherwise would have merely decayed and disappeared in the heat and humidity of the tropical landscape. Walter's lasting gift to Bali was to open their eyes to the value of their own arts, and for this he is still revered.
The Balinese did not have a moralizing attitude about interpersonal relationships, but their Dutch colonial masters did. Walter, adopted the easygoing practices of the natives, but was called to task for this and prosecuted and imprisoned by the Dutch for that they considered 'degenerate' behavior. Margaret Meade and her husband Gregory Bateson testified on behalf of Walter that his behavior was utterly unexceptional in Balinese life, which helped him to win his freedom.
Not long after, the storm clouds of World War II began to weigh down on the Dutch, who had already been occupied by Germany, and the Japanese bore southward with their "Asia for Asians" and "Asia Co-prosperity Sphere" slogans. So Walter, still a German citizen, was put in the brig of a ship, along with others, headed for Ceylon. Reports vary--that the ship hit a mine, was bombed or was torpedoed--but in any case, as it was sinking, the captain failed to set the imprisoned men free. Because of this inhuman act, Walter Spies, along with the others, perished on 19 January 1942.(1942, Jan. 18) Drowned in the Indian Ocean when his ship was hit, possibly by a mine. - Art Director
- Production Designer
Semyon Mejnkin was born on 13 August 1892 in Dvinsk, Russian Empire [now Daugavpils, Latvia]. He was an art director and production designer, known for Pesnya o shchastye (1934), Devushka s dalyokoy reki (1928) and Mertvaya dusha (1930). He died on 26 January 1942 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].(1942, Jan. 26) Died during the Siege of Leningrad.- Rolf Wenkhaus was born on 9 September 1917 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Emil and the Detectives (1931), Spoiling the Game (1932) and S.A.-Mann Brand (1933). He died on 31 January 1942 in Ireland.(1942, Jan. 31) Shot down off the coast of Ireland while serving in the Luftwaffe.
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Daniil Kharms was born on 12 January 1906 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a writer, known for Clownery (1989), Charms Zwischenfälle (1996) and Five No Budget Films (2010). He was married to Marina Malitsch. He died on 2 February 1942 in Leningrad, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].(1942, Feb. 2) Died during the Siege of Leningrad.- Richard Korn was born on 1 April 1914 in Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Fahrendes Volk (1938), Karussell (1937) and Der Herr Papa (1936). He died on 6 February 1942 in Velizh, Smolensk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].(1942, Feb. 6) Killed in action while serving on the Eastern Front.
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- Writer
Yevgeni Chervyakov was born on 27 December 1899 in Abdulino, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for Poet i tsar (1927), Zolotoy klyuv (1929) and Moy syn (1928). He was married to Nadezhda Yermakovich. He died on 17 February 1942 in Mga, Leningradskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].(1942, Feb. 17) Killed in action while fighting against the Germans on the Eastern Front.- Alexei Dolinin was born on 22 March 1910 in Ivanovo Oblast, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Volga - Volga (1938), Tractor Drivers (1939) and The Thirteen (1937). He died on 16 July 1942 in Voronezh, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].(1942, Feb.) Likely killed on the Eastern Front.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Svyatoslav Belyayev was born on 29 August 1903. He was a cinematographer, known for Mishka Zvonov (1925), Minaret Smerti (1924) and Order na zhizn (1927). He died on 22 February 1942.(1942, Feb. 22) Likely killed on the Eastern Front.- Slight, skinny, sweet-faced, with light blue eyes and wavy blond hair, young Boris Alekin fled the October Revolution and settled down in Germany. The young Russian who could speak four languages (Russian, German, English and French) soon became an actor in his host country, mainly in the theater (The Volksbühne in Berlin, the Rose-Theater in Berlin and even on Broadway for a few months in early 1935) but also before the cameras, although he was not given very interesting parts to play. He can be seen in minor roles (a student,a waiter, a bellboy, a small-time crook, a politician, a musician, a low-ranking officer) in thirteen movies, a few of which are above average such as La Habanera (1937) and To New Shores (1937) (both directed by Douglas Sirk), Trenck, der Pandur (1940), a fine Hans Albers vehicle and Friedemann Bach (1941), 'Traugott Mûller''s excellent account of the life of Johann Sebastian Bach's wayward son. In 1941, the still young actor was mobilized and sent to the Eastern Front. The irony of fate had it that Alekin who had run away from his country came back there only to die there in a military hospital. This was March 1942. Boris Alekin was not yet thirty-seven. Another life and another talent shattered by war.(1942, Mar. 17) Killed while fighting on the Eastern Front against the Germans.
- John Mair was a writer, known for Cross-Up (1954) and Never Come Back (1990). He died in April 1942.(1942, April) Died in a plane crash during training to be an RAF pilot.
- Sound Department
M.M. Paggi was born on 1 June 1900 in London, England, UK. M.M. is known for One Hour with You (1932), 13 Hours by Air (1936) and True to the Navy (1930). M.M. was married to Madeleine Klope. M.M. died on 3 May 1942 in Bradore, Quebec, Canada.(1942, May 3) Drowned when his ship was sunk.- Hasan Kikic was born on 20 August 1905 in Gradacac, Austria-Hungary. He was a writer, known for Provincija u pozadini (1984). He was married to Anka Jovanovic. He died on 6 May 1942 in Cemernica Mountain, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.(1942, May 6) Killed while serving with the Yugoslav partisans.
- Viktor Shepel was born in 1911. He was an actor, known for Granitsa na zamke (1938) and Gibel Orla (1941). He died on 19 May 1942 in village Novouspenovka, Veselovskiy raion, Zaporozhe Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Vesele Raion, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine].(1942, May 19) Killed in action fighting against the Germans on the Eastern Front.
- Writer
- Director
Vladislav Vancura was born on 23 June 1891 in Háj u Opavy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and director, known for Láska a lidé (1937), Pred maturitou (1932) and Nasi furianti (1937). He died on 1 June 1942 in Prague-Kobylisy, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic].(1942, June 1) Killed by the Gestapo.- Composer
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Walter Leigh was an English composer who fought in the Second World War and was killed in action at Tobruk (Libya), aged 36. His output includes the overture 'Agincourt', the 'Concertino for Harpsichord (or Piano) and Strings', and 'The Frogs of Aristophanes', for chorus and orchestra. He was killed in action in North Africa, 1942, while serving with the Royal Armoured Corps, 4th Queen's Own Hussars.(1942, June 12) Killed in action in Tobruk, North Africa while serving with the Royal Armoured Corps, 4th Queen's Own Hussars.- An ardent supporter of the KPD, the German communist party, Neher left Germany shortly after the Nazi took over and emigrated to Prague, then to Moscow where she appeared on the stage as a cabaret artiste. In the spring of 1936, Anatol Becker, Neher's husband -also an ardent communist, was arrested and imprisoned on charges of "Terrorist Activities". He was accused of planning an assassination attempt on the person of Soviet leader, Josef Stalin. Following his incarceration, Carola Neher relentlessly searched for him, going from prison to prison trying to trace his whereabouts. This was a very perilous activity given that she was herself under surveillance by the Secret Police. In her secret file, recently found in the KGB archives, she was already branded as an "adventuress with anti-soviet sympathies", which at the time equated to a death sentence by the Moskow regime. She was finally arrested and sent to prison a few months later. She endured exceptionally harsh treatment there and tried to commit suicide by slashing her wrists. After several weeks of interrogation and torture, she was condemned to 10 years hard labour in a gulag as "Trotkyst spy and conspirator", whilst Becker was shot in front of a firing squad. Several of her long-time friends, amongst them Bertold Brecht tried to help her but to no avail. Neher was sent to Oryol, an internment camp for political dissidents where other prominent Trotkysts like Christian Rakovsky, Maria Spiridonova and Olga Kameneva were also imprisoned. Very few details are available about Carola Neher afterwards. As of March 1941, we know that she was still alive: A letter she sent to the orphanage, where her 7-year old son Georg had been sent, survived. In the letter she inquires about his health and whether he still remembered her. We also know that she was not one of the 160 prominent political prisoners shot in Oryol during the Stalin purges of September 1941. When the camp was occupied by the advancing German army in October 1941, all German citizens interned in Soviet gulags were handed over to the Gestapo. As a communist, Neher was then charged with High Treason and evacuated East. The convoy arrived in the town of Ilezk near Orienburg (present-day Kazakhstan) in June 1942, where she was interned in the local prison. Following an outbreak of typhus (the prison had no sanitary installations of any sort), the already weak 41-year old Carola Neher (prisoner number 59783) died there on 26th July 1942. Her body was buried in an unmarked mass grave. Her son George, became a music teacher and only found out about his parents' identity in 1975.(1942, June 26) An ardent supporter of the German Communist Party, she emigrated to Russia. During the war, the the prison camp she was interred in was captured by the Nazis, she and many others were executed by the Gestapo.
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Robert Lieibmann was German newspaper film and stage critic who became a successful screenwriter with such films as The Love Waltz (1930), Congress Dances (1931) and Blued Angel (1931). In the mid 1930s Liebmann was beckoned to Hollywood by actress Mady Christians to help jump start her flagging career. While living in France Robert Liebmann became one of the millions of European Jews to vanish under Nazi tyranny during the Second World War.(1942, July) Perished in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.- Writer
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Yevgeni Petrov was born Evgeni Petrovich Kataev on November 30, 1902, in Odessa, Russian Empire (Now Odesa, Ukraine). His father, named Petr Kataev, was a teacher. Petrov graduated from Classical Gymnasium in 1920, and became a news correspondent for the Ukrainian Telegraph Agency. From 1921-1923 he was a criminologist and homicide inspector in Odessa. In 1923 Petrov moved to Moscow and became a journalist in a Soviet magazine "Krasny Perets" (Red Pepper). With the help from his brother, Valentin Kataev, who was already a popular writer, Petrov made connections in the Moscow literary milieu.
In 1925 he met Ilya Ilf and a year later they started writing together. Their first novel titled 'Dvenadtsat Stulev' (Twelve Chairs) was published in 1928. It's main character, named Ostap Bender, became a popular synonym for a charming and smooth criminal. The book had instant success with the general public, but was bashed by the Soviet critics, because it satirized the loss of civility and degradation of cultural values in the Soviet Union. The book was praised by such writers as Vladimir Mayakovsky and later by Vladimir Nabokov. Their second novel by Ilf and Petrov was 'Zolotoi Telenok' (Golden Calf), published in 1931, in a magazine, then in 1933, as a book. Both novels became bestsellers in the Soviet Union. Several film and TV adaptations were made in the Soviet Union by such directors as Leonid Gaidai and Mark Zakharov, among others. In 1970, an American adaptation was made by director Mel Brooks starring Frank Langella as Ostap Bender. The character of Ostap Bender was portrayed by such renown Russian actors as Sergey Yurskiy, Archil Gomiashvili, Andrey Mironov, and Oleg Menshikov.
In 1933-1934 Ilf and Petrov traveled across Europe. In 1935 they made a journey by car about the United States, which gave them material for a popular book 'Odnoetazhnaya Amerika' (The One-Storey America 1937). Ilya Ilf died of tuberculosis on April 13, 1937. His partner, Yevgeni Petrov, died in a plane crash on July 2, 1942, on a flight from Sevastopol to Moscow.
In 1948 Andrei Zhdanov attacked many Soviet intellectuals and banned the books of Ilf and Petrov among others. The Communist Party ordered their books banned and removed from all public libraries across the Soviet Union. Eight years later the ban was lifted during the political "Thaw" initiated by Nikita Khrushchev in 1956.(1942, July 2) Killed when his plane was shot down.- Friedrich Rosenthal was born on 20 July 1885 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. Friedrich was a director, known for So fallen die Lose des Lebens (1918), Genoveva (1922) and Tiefland (1918). Friedrich died in August 1942 in Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland.(1942, Aug.) Perished in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
- Alina Halska was born on 15 January 1902 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Granica (1938), Tredowata (1936) and Mlody las (1934). She died in August 1942 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.(1942, Aug.) Murdered by the Nazis in a prison.
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Herbert Selpin was born on 29 May 1902 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Trenck, der Pandur (1940), Titanic (1943) and The Dream of the Rhine (1933). He was married to Annie Markart. He died on 1 August 1942 in Berlin, Germany.(1942, Aug. 1) Died under mysterious circumstances, was quite possibly killed by the Gestapo.- Janusz Korczak was born on 22 July 1878 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Kajtek Czarodziej (2023), Television Theater (1953) and Król Macius I (1958). He died on 6 August 1942 in Treblinka Concentration Camp, Mazowieckie, Poland.(1942, Aug. 6) Perished in the Treblinka concentration camp.
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Henryk Szaro was born on 23 October 1900 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Mocny czlowiek (1929), Dzikuska (1928) and Rok 1914 (1932). He died on 8 August 1942 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.(1942, Aug. 8) Killed in the Warsaw Ghetto.- She was born in 1903 into a Ukrainian Jewish family, and emigrated to Paris as a young woman. She wrote nine books between 1929 and 1937, one of which was made into a movie ("David Golder", 1930). She became well-known in France, but did not become a French citizen. She converted to Catholicism in 1939, but could not escape the rise of anti-Semitism. After the Nazis invaded France, she was arrested in 1942 as "a stateless person of Jewish descent" and deported to Auschwitz, where she and her husband both died.(1942, Aug. 17) Perished in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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Erwin Schulhoff was born on 8 June 1894 in Prague, Austria-Hungary. He is known for Dances for an iPhone (2010), Hope@Home (2020) and A Perfect Meeting (2004). He was married to Marie Gabrielová and Alice Libochovicova. He died on 18 August 1942 in Weißenburg, Bavaria, Germany.(1942, Aug. 18) Perished in the Wülzburg concentration camp.- Walter Serner's life and especially his death have been shrouded in mystery. The last thing that was heard of him was a letter he wrote on October 13th, 1927. He disappeared and it is still unknown what happened or where and when he died. Serner's work was never really accepted by the literary establishment. It was 're-discovered' at the end of the sixties. He spent most of his life travelling through Europe
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(1942, Aug. 20) He and his wife were interned in the Theresienstadt concentration camp, and three weeks later, they were moved in the direction of "the East", where they perished in Riga. - Hans Löhr was born on 29 May 1922 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Emil and the Detectives (1931) and Wie kommen die Löcher in den Käse? (1932). He died on 23 August 1942.(1942, Aug. 23) Killed in action while serving on the Eastern Front.
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John Gottowt was born on 15 June 1881 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor and writer, known for Nosferatu (1922), Das schwarze Los (1913) and The Student of Prague (1913). He died on 27 August 1942 in Wieliczka, Malopolskie, Poland.(1942, Aug. 27) Was shot by an SS officer.- Claudette Mawby was born on 10 August 1922 in Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Baby Cyclone (1928) and Dance of the Paper Dolls (1929). She died on 29 August 1942 in Sussex, England, UK.(1942, Aug. 29) Killed when her hotel was hit by a V-1 flying bomb. (Sussex)
- Norwegian actor and stage manager,stage debut in 1923.With his boyish good looking,and with a very good singing voice,he got many parts as lover in both operettas and comedies. Among his later parts were Horatio,(Shakespeare) and as Marchbanks.(Shaw) From 1934 to 1935 he was manager at Søilen Theater in Oslo, and in 1937 he became founder and manager at Trøndelag Theater in Trondheim. In films his best parts were as: Mellet in Laila (1929) as Gründer in A Quiet flirt (1933) and as manager in the danish movie: De tre måske fire (1939) A fearless defender for the human rights,and for the art of theater,he opposed the Nazi-regime from the start.For his resistance he was executed in the Falstad wood on October 7th 1942,together with nine other citizens from Trondheim.(1942, Oct. 7) Due to his opposition of the Nazi-regime in Norway from the start, he was executed in the Falstad wood together with nine other citizens from Trondheim.
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Ies Monnikendam was born on 10 June 1885 in Netherlands. He was an actor. He died on 8 October 1942 in Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland.(1942, Oct. 8) Perished in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.- Fritz Junkermann was born on 19 October 1883 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was an actor, known for Echte Perlen (1919), Alfreds Techtelmechtel (1919) and Die geborgte Villa (1918). He died on 12 October 1942 in Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.(1942, Oct. 12) Arrested in 1940 due to his alleged homosexuality and was admitted to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. There, he was allegedly castrated "voluntarily". He was gassed in the Bernburg Euthanasia Centre.
- Anna Letenská was born on 29 August 1904 in Nürschan, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Nyrany, Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Cekanky (1940), Babichka (1940) and Umlcené rty (1938). She died on 24 October 1942 in Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria.(1942, Oct. 24) Perished in the Mauthausen concentration camp.
- Josef Skrivan was born on 10 August 1902 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Workers, Let's Go (1934), Powder and Petrol (1932) and Jménem Jeho Velicenstva (1929). He died on 4 November 1942 in Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland.(1942, Nov. 4) Perished in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
- Schulz is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable writers in Polish literature of the first half of the 20h Century. He was born in Drohobycz, a small village near Lvov, where he would live until he was shot by the Nazis on the street on November 19th, 1942. By then, Schulz had published two books. They were collections of stories and prose texts of extremely original style and contents. The first collection was published as The Cinnamon Shops in 1933; the second, published as Sanatorium Pod Klepsydra, was published in 1937. Schulz's work has often been compared to Franz Kafka's.(1942, Nov. 19) Was shot by an SS officer.
- Gulya Korolyova (Marionella Vladimirovna Korolyova) was born in Moscow, USSR on September 9, 1922. She started as an actress from 4 y.o. Her filmography includes:
- Kashtanka, by Chekhov (1926) - episode
- Baby Ryazanskie (Ryazan's Wifes) (1927)- episode
- Doch Partizana (A Daughter of Partizan) (1934) -main role
- Ya lublu (I Love) (1936) - main role
- Solnechniy Maskarad (Sun Masquerade) (1936) -main role
After she had finished the secondary school, she entered the hydro-meliorative institute in Kiev. Her husband perished in the first days of Great Patriotic war (during WW2) after Germany had attacked the USSR on 22nd June 1941. Gulya evacuated to Ufa and gave birth to her son. Later as a volunteer Gulya Korolyova joined the Red Army and served in the medical battalion.
On November 23th she was mortally wounded while taking the height surrounded by Gitler's soldiers in the battle near Stalingrad. That day she carried out from battlefield 50 seriously wounded soldiers and officers. And than she replaced a commander, who was killed, leading Soviet soldiers for the attack. She by first entered into enemy's trench and killed 15 enemy's officers and soldiers, keeping the position upon main troops arrived. The height was taken. Gulya Koroleva was mortally wounded at that battle and died after the battle.(1942, Nov. 24) Was mortally wounded in the battle while serving in a medical battalion near Stalingrad. - Writer
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Fritz Loehner-Beda was educated in law at the University of Vienna, and wrote poems for newspapers and books. Following World War I he was a staff writer, and he joined a music-publisher affiliated with AKM (Austrian Performing Rights Society) by 1935, where he became a vice-president by 1938. His stage scores include "Friederike" (Frederika), "Das Land des Laechelns" (Yours Is My Heart), "Viktoria und ihr Hussar", "Schen Ist die Welt", "Giuditta", "Ball im Savoy", and "Blume von Hawai". His chief musical collaborators included Franz Lehar, Paul Abraham and Alfred Gruenwald (his co-lyricist), and his popular-song compositions include "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" (Yours Is My Heart Alone), "O Donna Klara", "Valenzia", "Sonja", "O Katherina", "Oh Maiden, My Maiden", "Schoen ist die Welt", "Meine Lippen sie kussen so heisse", and "Blume von Hawaii", all represented by ASCAP, where he was enrolled as a member posthumously in 1946.(1942, Dec. 4) Perished in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.- Jochen Klepper was born on 22 March 1903 in Beuthen an der Oder, West Prussia, Germany [now Bytom Odrzanski, Lubuskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute (1950) and Der Thronfolger (1980). He was married to Johanna Stein. He died on 11 December 1942 in Nikolassee, Berlin, Germany.(1942, Dec. 11) After Adolf Eichmann refused a visa for the his second daughter, the three of them (he, his wife, and his daughter) committed suicide by turning on a gas valve.
- Coen Hissink was born on 5 October 1878 in Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for De zwarte tulp (1921), Der Mann im Hintergrund (1922) and De man op den achtergrond (1922). He died on 17 December 1942 in Neuengamme, Germany.(1942, Dec. 17) Perished in the Neuengamme concentration camp.
- Richard Hillary was born on 20 April 1919 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was a writer, known for For Those in Peril (1944) and ITV Play of the Week (1955). He died on 8 January 1943 in Berwickshire, England, UK.(1943, Jan. 3) Killed along with his radio operator when their Bristol Blenheim crashed during a training exercise. He had suffered severe burns two years earlier during the Battle of Britain.
- Else Ury was born on 1 November 1877 in Berlin, Germany. She was a writer, known for Nesthäkchen (1983). She died on 13 January 1943 in Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland.(1943, Jan. 13) Perished in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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Lina Salten was born on 1 February 1890 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was an actress and writer, known for Cornelie Arendt (1920), Zimmer Nummer sieben (1917) and Die Glocken der Katharinenkirche (1918). She died on 15 January 1943 in Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland.(1943, Jan. 15) Perished in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.- Was born in Moscow. Mother - Lyarskaya Akulina Lukjianovna. The wife - Vanda Frantsevna Gavrilova.
In 1938 he had been selected on a leading role in first two films under Maxim Gorky's trilogy. This role became his unique work on cinema. Upon termination of shootings the first set he had presented the camera, and after completion of the second set had awarded with a medal.
In 1939 Alexey had a rest in Artek.
With the beginning of war he had left on front. After the short period of study he had been directed on Northwest front to area Lychkovo - Lyubnitsa. In structure of 365-th a separate artillery battalion was at war on Demjanski Battle and was lost on February, 8th, 1943.
Alexei was buried in village Kipino of area Demjansk of the Novgorod area. Pupils of the Kipino school had created in it a corner of memory of A.Lyarsky.
Nowadays the Kipino school are not present, it has merged with other, larger school as the village in Russia, in fact, dies out. The monument to 800 fighters who had lost at Kipino, still stands. Also Alesha Lyarsky was buried there.(1943, Feb. 8) Killed in combat near Demyansk fighting the Germans. - Tadeusz Frenkiel was born on 10 April 1896 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for American Adventure (1936), Iwonka (1925) and Czarna perla (1934). He was married to Aniela Tarnowicz. He died on 12 February 1943 in Stefanówka, Mazowieckie, Poland.(1943, Feb. 12) Executed, along with 108 others, in the woods of Chojnowskie near Stefanów by the Germans.
- Dora Gerson was born on 23 March 1899 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses (1920) and Caravan of Death (1920). She was married to Max Sluizer and Veit Harlan. She died on 14 February 1943 in Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland.(1943, Feb. 14) Perished in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
- Actor. In the years 1933-36 he performed at the City Theaters in Warsaw. In addition, in the 1934/35 season he was in the group of the "Stara Banda" revue theater, and in 1936 he played in the Chamber Theater. He played mainly in movies, great external conditions predestined him to the roles of lovers. During the war, from 1940, he played in open theaters. In 1942, arrested by the Gestapo, on November 19 of that year he was sent to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, where he was murdered.(1943, Feb. 16) Perished in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
- Donald Haines was born on 9 May 1919 in Seward County, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor, known for Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941), That Gang of Mine (1940) and Kidnapped (1938). He died on 20 February 1943 in North Africa.(1943, Feb. 20) Enlisted as an aviation cadet in the U.S. Army Air Corps on December 10 1941, two days after the U.S. entered WWII, and was later killed in action as a First Lieutenant in North Africa.
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Wladyslaw Bugayski-Prus was born on 11 January 1906 in Liszki, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Liszki, Malopolskie, Poland]. Wladyslaw was a writer and composer, known for Zamarle echo (1934). Wladyslaw died on 20 February 1943 in Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland.(1943, Feb. 20) Perished in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.- Hans Scholl was born on 22 September 1918 in Ingersheim, Crailsheim, Württemberg [now Baden-Württemberg], Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Prinzessin Suwarin (1923). He died on 22 February 1943 in Stadelheim Prison, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.(1943, Feb. 22) He and his sister Sophie were executed because of anti-Nazi resistance.
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Leopold Jacobson was born on 30 June 1878 in Czernowitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary [now Chernivtsi, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for The Smiling Lieutenant (1931), Married in Hollywood (1929) and The Chocolate Soldier (1914). He died on 23 February 1943 in Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia [now Terezín, Czech Republic].(1943, Feb. 23) Perished in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.- Actor
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After an initial foray into journalism, and determined to obtain some overseas experience, Haggard moved to Munich, where he studied for stage at the Munich State Theatres under Frau Magda Lena.He made his stage debut at the Schauspielhaus in October 1930 in the play Das kluge Kind directed by Max Reinhardt. He later appeared as Hamlet at the same theatre.
Upon Haggard's return to the United Kingdom in 1931, his career path was initially discouraging: he received only small parts in various London plays and worked in repertory in Worthing. He undertook further study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and subsequently received good notices when he played Silvius in Shakespeare's As You Like It in London in 1933. He was noticed by the playwright Clemence Dane and made his first appearance in New York in 1934 as the poet Thomas Chatterton in her play Come of Age. Returning to Britain, he had successful roles in a number of plays, including Flowers of the Forest, a production of Mazo de la Roche's Whiteoaks, and he appeared as Konstantin in Chekhov's The Seagull, and was hailed as one of the most promising and handsome classical actors of the era.
Haggard married Morna Gillespie in September 1935, and they had three children. In 1938, Haggard returned to New York to reprise his role as Finch in Whiteoaks, which he also directed. His novel Nya was published in the same year. He appeared as Mozart in the film Whom the Gods Love (1936). The film was not a success, in part because Haggard was considered to be inexperienced, and was unknown. He also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's film Jamaica Inn (1939) and subsequently appeared as Lord Nelson in the Carol Reed film The Young Mr. Pitt (1942).
At the outbreak of the Second World War Haggard joined the British Army, serving as a captain in the Intelligence Corps.[1] His wife and two sons went to the United States in 1940, where his father was consul-general in New York. Shortly after their departure, he wrote his sons a letter, which was published in the Atlantic Monthly later that year as "I'll Go to Bed at Noon: A Soldier's Letter to His Sons." Haggard was posted to the Middle East and worked for the Department of Political Warfare. There he met the author Olivia Manning and her husband, the broadcaster R. D. Smith. The latter recruited Haggard to play starring roles in his productions of Henry V and Hamlet on local radio in Jerusalem.[5] Manning based the character Aidan Sheridan in her Fortunes of War novel sequence on Haggard.
Stephen Haggard Sadly passed away on a train between Cairo and Palestine, Haggard was overworked and felt that the Second World War had destroyed his acting career. He was on the edge of a nervous breakdown when after some months a married Egyptian woman with whom he had a romantic relationship decided to end it.(1943, Feb. 25) Committed suicide while serving as captain with the British Army's Intelligence Corps in Egypt.