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Dora Gerson (born Dorothea Gerson; 23 March 1899 – 14 February 1943) was a German cabaret singer and stage and motion picture actress of the silent film era. She was murdered at Auschwitz during the Holocaust.
Feb 17, 2023 · Eighty years ago the Jewish German cabaret singer and actress of silent movies, Dora Gerson was murdered with her family in Auschwitz.
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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.
Jan 20, 2022 · One of the songs showcased in the programme is the mournful ‘Vorbei’, recorded by the cabaret star Dora Gerson in Berlin in 1935. This icon of German culture was, like all Jews in Germany, stripped of her rights by the Nazi regime and barred from performing in so-called ‘Aryan’ productions.
In the 1930s Gerson performed as a chanteuse in the Netherlands with Louis Davids in the Kurhaus, Scheveningen, including Yiddish songs in her repertoire. She was the star of the German Jewish exile cabaret Ping Pong, which she founded together with Erwin Parker and Kurt Egon Wolff.
Eighty years ago this month the Berlin-born Jewish German cabaret singer and actress of silent movies Dora Gerson (1899-1943) was murdered with her family in...
