Curt Lowens

Curt Lowens
Born	Curt Lowens 17 November 1925 (1925-11-17) (age 85) Allenstein, Germany
Other names	Kurt Lowens
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1959 − present

Curt Lowens (born in Allenstein, East Prussia, 17 November 1925) is a German actor of the stage and films, and a survivor and resistant of the Holocaust.

Life and career

Lowens was born into a Jewish family in the East Prussian town of Allenstein (since become Olsztyn, Poland) in the 1920s. His father was a respected lawyer, but his career folded due to loss of clients with the rise of the Third Reich. The family moved into a Jewish community in Berlin in 1936, but later decided to leave for the United States. While waiting to set out from Rotterdam, however, the Germans invaded Holland on the intended day of their departure. In June 1943, they were sent to Westerbork, and from there to Auschwitz, though they were later released. On leaving, the family went underground. Lowens became an active member of the resistance, rescuing Jewish children under a false identity.

Following the close of World War II, the family immigrated to the United States and Curt Lowens became an actor. His career is still active today, and he has appeared in over 100 films and TV shows since 1960. Ironically, given his background, he has often been cast as a German soldier.^[1][2]

Selected filmography

• Lycanthropus (1962)
• The Four Days of Naples (1962)
• Il Processo di Verona (1963)
• Tobruk (1967)
• The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
• The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
• Trader Horn (1973)
• The Hindenburg (1975)
• The Swiss Conspiracy (1976)
• The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
• The Entity (1981)
• Firefox (1982)
• To Be or Not To Be (1983)
• Private War (1988)
• Night Children (1989)
• Paid To Kill (1991)
• A Midnight Clear (1992)
• Mandroid (1993)
• Necronomicon (1993)
• A River Made to Drown In (1997)
• The Cutter (2005)
• Ray of Sunshine (2006)
• Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
• Angels & Demons (2009)

External links

• Curt Lowens at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. ^ Jewish Journal: The Indestructible Spirit of Holocaust Survivors
2. ^ College Life: Chapman Donor who Survived Holocaust to Portray Nazi

Persondata
Name	Lowens, Curt
Alternative names	Lowens, Kurt
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	1925-11-17
Place of birth	Allenstein, Prussia
Date of death
Place of death