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- Richard von Krafft-Ebing was born on 14 August 1840 in Mannheim, Baden, Germany. He was a writer, known for Libidomania (1979), Psychedelic Sexualis (1966) and Stato di Grazia (2011). He died on 22 December 1902 in Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria].
- Hermann Müller was born on 18 May 1876 in Mannheim, Germany. He was a writer, known for Right to Happiness (1932). He died on 20 March 1931 in Berlin, Germany.
- Producer
- Actor
- Costume Designer
Otto Kahn was born on 21 February 1867 in Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]. He was a producer and actor, known for ¡Que viva Mexico! (1932), Thunder Over Mexico (1933) and Eisenstein in Mexico (1933). He was married to Adelaide Wolff. He died on 29 March 1934 in New York City, New York, USA.- Ernst Dumcke was born on 13 November 1887 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Last Waltz (1934), Mädchen in Weiß (1936) and Das Schicksal der Gabriele Stark (1915). He died on 21 June 1940 in Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany.
- Sybill Morel was born on 16 February 1892 in Mannheim, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Tragödie eines Großen (1920), Das Souper um Mitternacht (1921) and Richthofen, der rote Ritter der Luft (1927). She died on 9 May 1942 in Poland.
- Wolfgang Klein was born on 28 September 1912 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (1932), Rheinische Brautfahrt (1939) and Meine Tochter tut das nicht (1940). He died on 15 May 1944 in Foscani, Romania.
- Alfred Delp was born on 15 September 1907 in Mannheim, Germany. He died on 2 February 1945 in Plötzensee, Berlin, Germany.
- Actor
- Writer
Henry Morgenthau was born on 26 April 1856 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Auction of Souls (1919), The American Ambassador (2019) and Pathé News, No. 49 (1916). He was married to Josephine Sykes. He died on 25 November 1946 in Westchester County, New York, USA.- Franz Klebusch was born on 22 January 1887 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for Kinder vor Gericht (1931), Die kleine Schwindlerin (1933) and Durch die Wüste (1936). He died on 25 May 1951 in Dresden, Germany.
- Robert Kahn was born on 21 July 1865 in Mannheim, Germany. He was married to Katharina Hertel. He died on 29 May 1951 in Biddenden, Kent, England, UK.
- Classically-trained actor, former chemist, whose formative years on the stage were spent in Bern (Switzerland) and, from 1909, the Deutsches Theater Berlin under Max Reinhardt's direction. Specialised in Shakespearean roles ('Richard III', 'Hamlet') and was a famous interpreter of the plays of Henrik Ibsen. He delivered his screen debut in a silent version of 'Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde' (Der Andere (1913)). Bassermann remained active in motion pictures throughout the 1920's, also frequently appearing on stage in Austria and Switzerland. His wife, Elsa Bassermann, nee Schiff, was Jewish, and the discrimination shown towards her in his native country so outraged him that he emigrated with her to the United States in 1939.
At the age of 72, he carved out another career in Hollywood as a celebrated character actor. It took him some time to come to terms with the English language, but he was soon cast in a small part in Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940), as Dr.Robert Koch. He also played a sympathetic chemistry professor in Knute Rockne All American (1940). That same year, he appeared as Van Meer in Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent (1940) and was promptly nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor. His distinguished-looking countenance and serious demeanour lent itself to being assigned a variety of consular or professorial roles: he was excellent as Consul Magnus Barring in A Woman's Face (1941) with Joan Crawford; Professor Jean Perote in Madame Curie (1943); and a dying German music teacher in Rhapsody in Blue (1945).
At the age of 83, he made a triumphant return to the German/Austrian stage in Ibsen plays. Albert Bassermann died of a heart attack en route from New York to Zurich on May 15 1952. - Actor
- Costume Designer
Theodor Becker was born on 11 January 1880 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor and costume designer, known for Ein Sommernachtstraum (1925), The Fall of Jerusalem (1922) and Pest in Florenz (1919). He was married to Helma Seitz and Maria Fein. He died on 26 June 1952 in Coppenbrügge, Lower Saxony, Germany.- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Erik Tuxen was born on 4 July 1902 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor and composer, known for Torment (1944), Barken Margrethe (1934) and Wandering with the Moon (1945). He died on 28 August 1957 in Denmark.- Actor
- Writer
- Composer
Max Hansen was born in Mannheim, Germany, but was raised by his step parents in Munich. His mother was a Danish Actress, Eva Haller, his father's name was von Waldheim. In his school days, he already sang at the Opera House, so he earned the nickname "The Little Caruso" ("Der kleine Caruso"). Later he studied Music and Voice and got a job at the Simplizissimus Cabaret in Munich. From 1914 he played Operettas in Vienna and became a good friend of Franz Lehár. After that he worked in Berlin at the Metropole Theater and became there a superstar of operettas, revues, cabaret and radio. He began acting in five silent films, from 1926 to 28. His first talkie was Wien, du Stadt der Lieder (1930) ("Vienna, City of Song") (1930). In 1932 he played opposite Gitta Alpar in She, or Nobody (1932) ("She, or Nobody").
He left Germany in 1933 for Vienna and to play in Switzerland, Amsterdam, Oslo and Helsinki. On a late summer day in 1936, while she was in Copenhagen, Swedish singer Zarah Leaner received a telephone call from Max Hansen. He asked her if she spoke German and she replied that she did. Next he wanted to know if she would take the female lead in "Axel an der Himmels Tür" ("Axel at the Gate of Heaven"), an Operetta with music by Ralph Benatzky. Hansen, in collaboration with Paul Morgan and Hans Weigel, was producing the Operetta in Theater an der Wien. Zarah was so excited to get her first German speaking role that she accepted the part without even asking how much money they were offering her. In 1949 Max Hansen visited Hamburg, in 1951 he played in Berlin and Scandinavia. He died in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1961.- Paul Streckfuß was born on 12 June 1909 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for Kapitäne bleiben an Bord (1959), Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser (1957) and Die Unbesiegbaren (1953). He died on 1 February 1964 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Bernhard Villinger was born on 13 December 1889 in Mannheim, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Das Herz des Menschen (1923), Milak, der Grönlandjäger (1928) and Die deutschen Kampfspiele (1922). He died on 12 February 1967 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.- Else Kündinger was born on 5 May 1885 in Mannheim, Germany. She was an actress, known for Der Katzensteg (1937), Ich hab mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren (1926) and Er weiß was er will (1935). She died on 23 December 1967 in Munich, Germany.
- Cinematographer
- Art Department
George Unholz was born on 29 October 1887 in Mannheim, Germany. He was a cinematographer, known for The Road to Hollywood (1947), Hypnotized (1932) and The Singing Plumber (1932). He was married to Violet Schofield. He died on 8 November 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Bertha Feducha was born on 24 June 1882 in Mannheim, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Next Corner (1924). She died on 15 December 1968 in Artesia, California, USA.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Fritz Wenneis was born on 30 September 1889 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for Ein Unsichtbarer geht durch die Stadt (1933), Artisten (1935) and Die Welt ohne Maske (1934). He died on 4 July 1969 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany.- Franz Schömbs was born on 29 May 1909 in Mannheim, Germany. He was a director, known for Das triadische Ballett (1970) and Die Geburt des Lichts (2018). He died on 10 April 1976 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Dietmar Kracht was born in 1941 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Bettwurst (1971), 1 Berlin-Harlem (1974) and Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim (1971). He died on 3 July 1976 in Grunewaldsee, Berlin, Germany.- Writer
- Additional Crew
Edwin Gilbert was born on 15 July 1907 in Mannheim, Germany. He was a writer, known for All Through the Night (1942), Blues in the Night (1941) and Larceny, Inc (1942). He died on 24 August 1976.- Herberger played for Waldhof Mannheim from 1907 to 1924. From 1924 to 1925 he was a player for VfR Mannheim, with whom he became South German champions. From 1925 to 1930 he was signed to Borussia. Between 1921 and 1925 he played three international matches in which he scored two goals. He was then hired by the West German Football Association and ended his active career as a player. In 1925 Herberger moved to Berlin. In 1930 he submitted his diploma thesis entitled "The path to peak performance in football" to the German University of Physical Education. In the same year, 1930, he became assistant to Reich coach Otto Nerz. In 1936, Herberger completed his physical education teacher exam as the best in his class.
After the favored German national team's surprising exit from the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 due to a 2-0 defeat against outsiders Norway, he replaced Otto Nerz as Reich coach on September 31, 1936. After Austria was "annexed" to the German Reich, Herberger had to form a unit from the well-rehearsed national teams of Germany and Austria on orders from the highest political authority that took part in the World Cup in France. Germany lost 2-4 to Switzerland in the round of 16. After international games were stopped due to the Second World War, he was brought back to office in 1949 by the newly founded German Football Association "DFB". After finishing fourth at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, the German national team achieved great international success in 1954. The Federal Republic of Germany became world champions for the first time at the World Cup in Switzerland. Herberger's team won the final against the big favorites Hungary 3-2, after a goal from Max Morlock and two goals from Helmut Rahn.
In doing so, he gave the young Federal Republic a new self-confidence, which went down in history as the "Miracle of Bern". In 1964, Herberger resigned from all positions for reasons of age. His successor was his assistant coach at the time, Helmut Schön. In total, Herberger led the German national team in 167 international matches, of which they won 94. The result was a draw 27 times and his team lost 46 times. Herberger was one of football's early visionaries. Herberger knew how to form a team and a unit from different player personalities and he was considered an excellent game strategist and psychologist. His quotes are still respected today. Herberger's statements like "The ball is round" or "You have to be eleven friends" are now popular cult terms in the football scene. He has been honored several times for his services to German football.
Sepp Herberger died on April 28, 1977 in Weinheim. - Peter Mosbacher was born on 17 February 1912 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955), The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) and Liane, Jungle Goddess (1956). He was married to Edith Schneider. He died on 9 October 1977 in Kempfenhausen, Bavaria, West Germany.
- Albrecht Schoenhals was born on 7 March 1888 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for Pillars of Society (1935), Der Spieler (1938) and Stradivari (1935). He was married to Anneliese Born. He died on 4 December 1978 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany.
- Daniel Kahnweiler was born on 25 June 1884 in Mannheim, Germany. He was married to Lucie Godon. He died on 11 January 1979 in Paris, France.
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Hamel was born on 7 December 1911 in Mannheim, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Jazz und Jux in Heidelberg (1964), Sie schreiben mit (1958) and Mit Rosen fängt die Liebe an (1957). He died on 26 February 1979 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.- Friedrich Maurer was born on 17 April 1901 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Castle (1968), Warten auf Godot (1963) and Großstadtmelodie (1943). He died on 2 March 1980 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
- Writer
- Art Department
- Production Designer
After graduating from high school, Speer studied architecture in Karlsruhe, Munich and later in Berlin. Speer then became assistant to Heinrich Tessenow in Berlin. There he also had his first contacts with National Socialist groups. In 1931 he joined the NSDAP. Speer successfully translated National Socialist ideas into an architectural aesthetic, which enabled him to quickly make a career within the party. Supported by his personal and close friendship with Adolf Hitler, Speer became the most popular and successful architect in the Reich from 1933 onward. Speer's early work included the parade ground in Nuremberg, where the NSDAP held its party conference from 1934 onward.
Furthermore, numerous monumental buildings were built on behalf of the Reich in the style of National Socialist ideology. Speer also proved to be a great organizer in organizing major events and mass rallies. For example, he was the responsible leader of the "Light Dome" at the party conference in 1934. In Speer, Hitler found a friend who was able to build and inspire him like no other. Therefore, in October 1934 he appointed him "The Führer's Architect" and in 1937 "General Building Inspector for the Reich Capital Berlin" (Germania). Between 1938 and 1939 Speer built the new Reich Chancellery in Berlin. This was already integrated into the planned "North-South Project", which consisted of the Reich Chancellery, the Great Hall and the "Führerpalais". In this context, Speer was directly responsible for the "de-rentalization" of Berlin's Jewish population and their transport to concentration camps.
After the start of the Second World War, Speer was appointed "Reich Minister for Armaments and Ammunition" and "Inspector General for Fortifications, Roads, Water and Energy". In 1943 Speer was appointed Reich Minister for Armaments and War Production. In this role he was responsible for the exploitation and destruction of thousands of forced laborers and concentration camp prisoners, with whose help he sought to achieve the war and armament goals. However, shortly before Hitler's suicide in March 1945, Speer refused to allow the Führer to carry out the order to destroy the entire German infrastructure ("Operation: Scorched Earth"). After the end of the Second World War, Speer managed to largely erase the traces of his guilt.
Speer was able to convince the public that he knew nothing about the extermination of the Jews. Speer was arrested in 1946, but then sentenced by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg to only 20 years in prison, which he served in the war crimes prison in Berlin-Spandau. After his release from prison in 1966, Speer continued to construct the legend of his guiltlessness on a literary and film level. He was unintentionally supported by the historian Joachim Fest, who made a biographical documentary film with Speer in 1969. On the publisher's side, Speer received involuntary support in the construction of his embellished life story from Wolf Jobst Siedler, who published his books: "Memories" were published in 1969 and "The Slave State - My Confrontation with the SS" in 1981.
Albert Speer died on September 1, 1981 in London. It was only after his death that a younger generation of historians managed to reveal Speer's true involvement with the Holocaust.
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, a multi-part biographical film adaptation of Albert Speer's life was broadcast on ARD in May 2005. The director Heinrich Breloer was able to document that, contrary to his protestations, Hitler's architect did know about "Auschwitz".- Anne Kersten was born on 26 November 1895 in Mannheim, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Fliegen (1966), Harlekinade (1964) and Ein Fremder kam ins Haus (1957). She died on 23 February 1982 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
- Robert Mayer was born on 5 June 1879 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Bremen Town Musicians (1959), Face the Music (1967) and Omnibus (1967). He was married to Jacqueline Noble and Dorothy Moulton. He died on 9 January 1985 in London, England, UK.
- Lou Seitz was born on 23 July 1899 in Mannheim, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961), Melody Beyond Love (1954) and Die Rosel vom Schwarzwald (1956). She was married to Walter Gross. She died on 23 August 1985 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- Heinz Hoffmann was born on 28 November 1910 in Mannheim-Neckarau, Germany. He died on 2 December 1985 in Strausberg, East Germany [now Brandenburg, Germany].
- Gustav Weinkötz was born on 17 December 1912 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He died on 28 March 1986 in Grasellenbach, Hesse, Germany.
- Writer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Heinz Haber was born on 15 May 1913 in Mannheim, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Geschichten aus der Zukunft (1978), Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959) and The Magical World of Disney (1954). He was married to Irmgard Haber and Anneliese Haber. He died on 13 February 1990 in Hamburg, Germany.- Wolfgang Lotz was born on 6 January 1921 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He died on 13 May 1993 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Corinne Williams was born on 3 March 1903 in Mannheim, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die blonde Nachtigall (1930). She died on 29 January 1998 in Greenhurst, New York, USA.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Siegfried Franz was born on 14 August 1913 in Mannheim, Germany. He was a composer, known for Cliff Dexter (1966), The Devil Strikes at Night (1957) and Escape from Sahara (1958). He was married to Dorothea Reimann. He died on 18 March 1998 in Hamburg, Germany.- Actress
- Director
- Script and Continuity Department
Sirkka Lindau was born on 1 March 1924 in Mannheim, Germany. She was an actress and director, known for Katupeilin takana (1949), Alaston malli karkuteillä (1953) and Bedragen (1960). She died on 30 August 1998 in Helsinki, Finland.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Julius Hatry was born on 30 December 1906 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an assistant director, known for Die Wirtin zum Weißen Röß'l (1943) and Hitlers Krieger (1998). He was married to Annemarie Schradiek. He died on 7 November 2000 in Mannheim, Germany.- Hans Nicklisch was born on 21 March 1911 in Mannheim, Baden, Germany. He was a writer, known for Riviera-Story (1961), The Black Chapel (1959) and Denn das Weib ist schwach (1961). He died on 2 March 2001 in Berlin, Germany.
- Curtis Casewit was born on 21 March 1922 in Mannheim, Baden, Germany. Curtis was a writer, known for Encounter (1952). Curtis died on 2 March 2002 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
- Christiane Schmidtmer was born in Mannheim, Germany. She took acting lessons in Munich and worked in the stage in Germany from 1961-1963, then turned to photographic modeling for German nude magazines and later, Playboy. She also modeled for advertising companies, namely Max Factor cosmetics, before she started her movie career.
She was the beautiful mistress of José Ferrer in Ship of Fools (1965), but most people will remember her as the evil wardress in the exploitation women-in-prison film, The Big Doll House (1971), as well as one of the three airline stewardesses in Boeing, Boeing (1965). - Pit Krüger was born on 1 August 1934 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Zwillinge aus Venedig (1965), Parlez-vous français? (1962) and Rudi, benimm dich! (1971). He was married to Ingrid Krüger. He died on 6 November 2003 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Carl Raddatz was born on 13 March 1912 in Mannheim, Baden, Germany. He was an actor, known for Opfergang (1944), Everyone Dies Alone (1976) and Rosen im Herbst (1955). He was married to Helga Cartsburg, Hildegard Matschke and Hannelore Schroth. He died on 19 May 2004 in Berlin, Germany.
- Annemarie Marks-Rocke was born on 7 December 1901 in Mannheim, Germany. She was an actress, known for 4 Geschichten über 5 Tote (1998), The Country Doctor (1987) and Hoftheater (1975). She was married to Eduard Marks. She died on 8 August 2004 in Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
- Music Department
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Trude Rittman was born in 1908 in Mannheim, Germany. She is known for The King and I (1956), Camelot (1967) and Great Performances (1971). She died on 22 February 2005 in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA.- Elsbeth Janda was born on 27 December 1923 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Tot oder lebendig (1987), Der gemütliche Samstagabend (1967) and Rollen auf Rädern - Vom Thespiskarren zum TEE - Künstler unterwegs ... (1963). She was married to Fritz Nötzoldt. She died on 9 April 2005 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Additional Crew
He was a Linguist, historian, educator, and author whose investigations laid bare the full horror of the Holocaust.
He moved with his family in 1927 to Baden-Baden. In1935, on the urging of British friends, he and his brother were sent to England as boarders at King's College. His own father, Artur Flehinger, with photographs of the events of Kristallnacht, the government-sanctioned reprisals against Jews on the night of November 9 1938, in Baden-Baden, culminating in the destruction of the local synagogue and the removal of Jewish men to Dachau. His father was released due to pressure on the government from Rotarian friends, and he emigrated with the family to Britain.
At the start of the second world war, Fleming was interned in Canada, but he later returned to Britain to work in a munitions factory in Yorkshire. He then trained as a language teacher, graduating after a year at the Sorbonne in 1949. By now he was trilingual and perfectly acculturated in German, French and English. He became head of modern languages at William Penn school, Dulwich, south London.
Fleming's appreciation of the ways in which prejudice can be engendered led him to a critique of visual propaganda and political cartoons, and at Surrey he introduced courses on humour and satire, analysing, in particular, the work of George Grosz, satirist of the Weimar republic and the Third Reich. Fleming's analysis of this area was quite a serious business, designed to expose the finely nuanced differences between German, French and English cultural attitudes to ridicule. His style throughout was decisive and emphatic.
After he left Surrey, his reputation in the field of Holocaust studies led to his appointment in 1988 to the international commission of historians investigating the war record of Kurt Waldheim, the former UN secretary general who was then president of Austria. Waldheim had become unwelcome in many countries outside his homeland; the commission found no evidence of his involvement in war crimes, though it concluded that he may have known more than he was by that point willing to admit.
In 1993, Fleming was made a master of the University of Surrey, and awarded an honorary doctorate of letters in recognition of his scholarship.