Curt Lowens Dead: Holocaust Survivor, Wartime Hero and Actor Was 9. Curt Lowens, a Holocaust survivor and World War II hero who came to Hollywood and portrayed German officers in such films as Tobruk and Torn Curtain and on television in Wonder Woman and Hogan's Heroes, has died. He was 9. 1. Lowens fell recently and died Monday night at a rehabilitation center of Beverly Hills, according to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust. Curt was a beloved member of our community," it said in a statement. A native of East Prussia (later Poland) who was held in a concentration camp, Lowens worked for directors Alfred Hitchcock in Torn Curtain (1. Arthur Hiller in Tobruk (1.

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To Be or Not to Be (1. Auditioning for a part in The Hindenburg (1. Lowens informed director Robert Wise that he had witnessed the German airship flying over Berlin as a child and was quickly hired. Lowens also portrayed a Gestapo captain on Hogan's Heroes and an SS general on Wonder Woman and showed up on military- themed TV shows including 1. O'Clock High, Combat!, Mission: Impossible, The Six Million Dollar Man and The A- Team.

Born Curt Loewenstein on Nov. Watch Failure To Launch Online Etonline'>Watch Failure To Launch Online Etonline. Watch Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure Youtube here. Berlin when his synagogue was burned down during Kristallnacht in 1. Fleeing to England, they were rounded up in Holland and sent to a concentration camp.

After his family's release thanks to some fortuitous paperwork, the future actor took on the guise of a teacher named Ben Joosten, joined the Dutch Resistance and helped save 1. Jewish children (and a few adults) to families who hid them. He went on to rescue two downed American airmen — receiving a commendation from Gen.

Dwight D. Eisenhower — and, while working as an interpreter with the British Eighth Corps, informed Hitler's successor, Karl Doenitz, that the war was over and the Germans had been defeated."My sanity turned around, the Gestapo knocking on doors," whereas by liberation, "I now knocked on doors,” he recalled in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter's Peter Flax last year. In 1. 94. 7, he came to the U. S. and studied to become an actor at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York. Taking the stage name Curt Lowens, he played an SS guard in the original Broadway production of Stalag 1. Lowens also portrayed Dr. Josef Mengele in the play The Deputy on the Great White Way, and his acting résumé also included The Mephisto Waltz (1.

Ok so there are 15 b-17s left one burned down a couple years ago. To rent a seat on a joy ride on a b-17 for 45 minutes it costs 500. to rent the plane of 15 seats it. · · Stalag Rhythm Instrumental Version Tunes: Admiral Tibett - Trouble To Man (Woman Is A Trouble) Al Campbell - Turn Me On Ansel - Meditation Vision Anthony. We watched some great World War 2 movies to learn about the war and give us a feel for the time. He played Germans in 'Tobruk, 'Torn Curtain,' 'To Be or Not to Be,' 'Hogan's Heroes and '12 O'Clock High.' Curt Lowens, a Holocaust survivor and World War II hero who.

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General Hospital. Lowens wrote a memoir, Destination: Questionmark, and most recently worked with high school students to create a six- minute animated film about his Holocaust experience called Curt Lowens: A Life of Changes. In 2. Visual History Archive at the USC Shoah Foundation."Curt Lowens was a man who exemplified heroism at a time when heroes were in short supply," USC Shoah Foundation executive director Dr. Stephen D. Smith said in a statement. He put himself at great risk to save others.

By sharing his story, he has ensured that people will be inspired by his actions for generations to come."Kathy, his wife of 4. December. They had no children. Peter Flax contributed to this report.