Post by Eλευθερί on Mar 13, 2021 6:36:28 GMT
Gert Fröbe (Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) was born in Saxony, not far from modern-day Czechia, in 1913. Although he originally trained as a classical violinist, he switched to theater in his teens and worked in Kabarett in his early years.
At age 16, Fröbe joined the Nazi Party in 1929.
When it was reported that Fröbe had been a Nazi, after an interview he had given to a newspaper in 1965, Israel banned "Goldfinger" and all the other films he had performed in. However, he was able to document that he had voluntarily resigned from the Nazi Party two years before the outbreak of the War and that, after he had been conscripted into the German Army, he had been sent to the Russian Front as punishment for helping distribute anti-Nazi leaflets. A Jewish man also confirmed to the Israeli government that Fröbe had helped hide the man and his mother from the Nazis, probably helping to save their lives. After that, the ban on his films was lifted.
(Incidentally, according to his Wikipedia bio, he was married to 5 different women.)
At age 16, Fröbe joined the Nazi Party in 1929.
When it was reported that Fröbe had been a Nazi, after an interview he had given to a newspaper in 1965, Israel banned "Goldfinger" and all the other films he had performed in. However, he was able to document that he had voluntarily resigned from the Nazi Party two years before the outbreak of the War and that, after he had been conscripted into the German Army, he had been sent to the Russian Front as punishment for helping distribute anti-Nazi leaflets. A Jewish man also confirmed to the Israeli government that Fröbe had helped hide the man and his mother from the Nazis, probably helping to save their lives. After that, the ban on his films was lifted.
(Incidentally, according to his Wikipedia bio, he was married to 5 different women.)
