Overview
- Summary
- Chronicles the life journey of Kurt Gerron, a Jewish entertainer, who opened the cabaret Karussell in the Theresienstadt death camp. Gerron was forced to direct a propaganda film for the Nazis (Der Führer schenkt den Juden eine Stadt) which was shown to the International Red Cross to demonstrate the treatment of Jews in Theresienstadt. Gerron died at Auschwitz in 1944.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Seventh Art Releasing, [1999]
©1999 - Locale
- Germany
- Notes
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Digital reproductions are made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only.
VHS.
In German with English subtitles.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Additional Form
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Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM.
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (63 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
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- Digital reproductions are made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only.
- Conditions on Use
- Subject to copyright restrictions.
Keywords & Subjects
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- 2024-06-21 17:30:00
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