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- Reinhard Heydrich began his career as an officer in the post-World War I German navy. He was dishonorably discharged after becoming involved in an illicit love affair. The young woman became pregnant, but instead of marrying her, Heydrich met and soon got engaged to Lina von Osten. In 1930 Heydrich, now unemployed, was persuaded by his wife to join Adolf Hitler's National Socialist (Nazi) party, which he did the next year; he also became a member of the SS at that same time. As one of its first officers, Heydrich was tasked by Heinrich Himmler to expand the small organization into an internal security force to monitor the Nazi party. The result was the creation of the SD (Sicherheistdienst [Security Service]), which was combined, in 1934, with the Gestapo (Gestaatspolizei, or state secret police) to form the much feared SS Security Police, which Heydrich--now an SS Brigadier General--commanded. He played a major role in the destruction of the SA, known as the "storm troopers", which was an internal security service set up by Hitler but which he now suspected of plotting against him; the organization was destroyed and many of its officers, including its leader, Ernst Röhm, were murdered in June of 1934. For his services Heydrich was made a Lieutenant-General in the SS.
At the start of World War II Heydrich became commander of the consolidated Reich security forces, which he formed into the Reich Security Central Office of the SS. Also, by this time, Heydrich had become a major figure in the rounding up and planned extermination of Europe's Jews. On his orders, the SS-Einsatzgruppen--Special Groups--were created for the purpose of hunting down, rounding up and exterminating Jews in Poland and Russia. Three years later, in 1942, he chaired the infamous Wannsee Conference, where the decision was made to exterminate all the Jews of Europe. Promoted to SS-General (Obergruppenfuhrer), Heydrich was made the Reich Governor of Czechoslovakia at the start of 1942. Aware of how powerful, cunning and dangerous Heydrich was, British intelligence agents put together an operation designed to kill him, and trained and dispatched three Czech exiles to Prague. The assassination was carried out in May of 1942. Heydrich died a short while later, on June 4th, the same day of the historic Battle of Midway in the Pacific.
If ever a truly monstrous and evil man existed, it was Reinhard Heydrich, one of the masterminds of the Holocaust. In a horrific act of revenge, called "Operation Reinhard," Hitler had the entire village of Lidice, Czechoslovakia--near where Heydrich was killed--exterminated. All male inhabitants above the age of 15 were shot; all other residents were sent to concentration camps, and the village itself was physically wiped off the face of the earth. Heydrich was buried with full honors. His grave on the Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin is now anonymous in order to prevent any form of remembrance. - Music Department
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Born February 23 1685 in Halle, Germany, he was christened "Georg Friederich Händel" but always signed his name "Georg Friedrich Händel". His father intended for him to go into law, but Händel studied music clandestinely and was eventually allowed to study under an organist. He achieved some success early on, and toured Italy in 1706. He briefly worked in Hannover before departing for London in 1711. While in England Händel composed a number of anthems, operas, and church music, and in 1723 he became a British citizen. He premiered "Messiah" in Ireland as a charity aid, and this quickly became his most famous work. He died early in the morning on 14 April 1759, and was buried in Westminster Abbey under a monument that reads: "George Frederic Handel". 3,000 people attended his funeral.- Director
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Helga Reidemeister was born on 4 February 1940 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. She was a director and writer, known for Is This Fate? (1979), Gotteszell - Ein Frauengefängnis (2001) and Mein Herz sieht die Welt schwarz - Eine Liebe in Kabul (2009). She died on 29 November 2021 in Berlin, Germany.- Bodo Wolf was born on 18 August 1944 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Country Doctor (1987), In the Name of the Law (1994) and Coast Guard (1997). He died on 24 November 2023 in Neusalza-Spremberg, Görlitz, Saxony, Germany.
- Blanche Kommerell was born on 10 March 1950 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Jacob the Liar (1974), Little Red Riding-Hood (1962) and Eine Pyramide für mich (1975). She was previously married to Alexander Weigel and Achim Scholz.
- Henning Peker was born on 1 September 1966 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for In the Fade (2017), Dark (2017) and Das Feuerschiff (2008).
- Karl Ludwig Diehl was born on 14 August 1896 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He was an actor, known for Masken (1930), Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen kann (1938) and The Story of Vickie (1954). He was married to Mary von Ruffin. He died on 8 March 1958 in Gut Berghof, Penzberg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Paul Weigel was born on 18 February 1867 in Halle an der Saale, Province of Saxony, Prussia [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]. He was an actor, known for The Great Dictator (1940), Me und Gott (1918) and Mademoiselle Midnight (1924). He died on 25 May 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Christian Schmidt was born on 13 May 1970 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Downfall (2004) and The Country Doctor (1987).- Elisabeth Böhm was born in 1994 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. She is an actress, known for Tierärztin Dr. Mertens (2006), Inga Lindström (2004) and Liebe verlernt man nicht (2009).
- Matthias Günther was born in 1947 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He is an actor, known for Eva und Adam (1973), Hälfte des Lebens (1985) and Konzert für Alice (1985).
- Sylvia Wolff was born in 1967 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Rapunzel or the Magic of Tears (1988), Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965) and Heute bei Krügers (1960).
- Paul Paulsen was born on 21 January 1882 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He was an actor, known for Thomas Müntzer (1956), Das verurteilte Dorf (1952) and Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955). He died on 29 June 1963 in Dresden, German Democratic Republic.
- Reinhold Nietschmann was born on 15 February 1907 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He was an actor, known for Cliff Dexter (1966), Der versteinerte Wald (1957) and Die Affaire Dreyfus (1968). He died on 25 July 1971 in Hamburg, West Germany.
- Writer
- Art Department
- Additional Crew
Alexander Kent was born on 17 September 1929 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He was a writer, known for Mutter heiratet (1979), Ein Hahn im Korb (1978) and Krach im Hochhaus (1976). He died on 27 May 2007 in Berlin, Germany.- Johannes Kienast was born on 9 February 1986 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He is an actor, known for Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013), Tradition (2019) and Axel der Held (2018).
- Konrad Bauer was born on 4 July 1943 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He is a composer, known for Heaven and Earth (1983), Police Call 110 (1971) and Unser America (2005).
- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Saskia Richter-Haase was born on 1 April 1967 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. She is a costume designer, known for Beloved Berlin Wall (2009), La fine del mare (2007) and Conversation with the Beast (1996).- Karl-Heinz Schulze was born on 15 October 1937 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He is an actor, known for Rasputin (1966), Baby Bitchka (2020) and We Are Fine (2015).
- Walter Kröter was born on 22 June 1917 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He was an actor, known for Zeit zu leben (1969), Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965) and Ich - Axel Caesar Springer (1968). He was married to Dolores Kröter. He died on 21 June 1992 in Berlin, Germany.
- Monika Stenzel was born in 1949 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. She is an actress, known for Kein Pardon (1993), Tatort (1970) and Burning Life (1994).
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Christa Mühl was born on 11 June 1947 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. She was a director and writer, known for Für alle Fälle Stefanie (1995), Fritze Bollmann will nicht angeln (1994) and Stubbe - Von Fall zu Fall (1995). She died on 14 October 2019 in Berlin, Germany.- Actor
- Sound Department
Lutz Harder was born in 1956 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Sounds of Emerging Beings: Part I (2023) and Sounds of Emerging Beings: Part II (2023).- Producer
- Art Department
- Production Designer
Claudia Schölzel was born on 29 April 1976 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. She is a producer and production designer, known for Joko und Klaas gegen ProSieben (2019), Joko gegen Klaas - Das Duell um die Welt (2012) and Antibodies (2005).- Huschke von Hanstein was born on 3 January 1911 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He was an actor, known for Glückspilze (1971), Freie Fahrt (1962) and Als sie noch jung waren (1965). He was married to Ursula von Kaufmann. He died on 5 March 1996 in Stuttgart, Germany.
- Director
- Writer
- Animation Department
Christl Wiemer was born on 10 December 1929 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. Christl was a director and writer, known for Die sieben Raben (1970), Das Tintenteufelchen (1957) and Jana und der kleine Stern (1972). Christl died on 10 December 2021 in Freital, Saxony, Germany.- Cornelia Crombholz was born in 1966 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. She was a director, known for Im Auto (2009). She died on 25 October 2019 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
- Ilka Willner was born in 1975 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Caraba (2019), The Chairs Game (2018) and Das schaffen wir schon (2017).
- Rene Schubert was born in 1966 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for Das Versprechen (1994), Befreite Zone (2003) and Der Kinoerzähler (1993).
- Angelika Hellmann was born on 10 April 1954 in Halle an der Saale, Deutsche Demokratische Republik [now Germany].
- Fritz Huschke von Hanstein was born on 3 January 1911 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He was married to Ursula von Kaufmann . He died on 5 March 1996 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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- Editor
Born in Halle, East Germany in 1977. Raised in a small town of East Germany's most polluted industrial area and, at primary-school age, in northern Africa. At the age of 15, when the wall came down, back in Germany, he started creative work for several home computer companies, developing computer games.
In 2004 he founded the micro-budget film label VEB Film Leipzig with co-producer Thomas P. Bechholds.
Now living in Leipzig, Germany and Davos, Switzerland.- Gertrud Bergmann was born on 11 March 1899 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. She was an actress, known for Der Untertan (1951), Rivalen am Steuer (1957) and Drei von der K (1969). She died in 1970.
- Ernst Albert Schaach was born on 12 October 1900 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He was an actor, known for G.P.U. (1942), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937) and Rheinische Brautfahrt (1939). He died on 23 July 1975 in Berlin, West Germany.
- Anke Gebert was born on 16 April 1960 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. She is a writer, known for Jeden Tag Weihnachten (1996), Für alle Fälle Stefanie (1995) and Rote Rosen (2006).
- Additional Crew
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Hedda Gehm was born on 5 January 1943 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. She was a writer, known for Die Leuchtturminsel (1977), Theo schützt sich vor Lärm (1978) and Dornröschen war ein schönes Kind (1988). She died on 1 January 2024 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Gerhard Jäckel was born on 7 November 1922 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He is a writer, known for Zollfahndung (1970), Zahn um Zahn - Die Praktiken des Dr. Wittkugel (1985) and Indizien - Geständnisse - Beweise (1962).
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Michael Knof was born in 1949 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. He is a director and assistant director, known for Lord Hansi (1991), Police Call 110 (1971) and Tatort (1970). He is married to Barbara Schnitzler.- Actor
- Music Department
Johannes Bauer was born on 22 July 1954 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic [now Germany]. He was an actor, known for Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Die Soldaten (2012), Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann (2012) and Impro Quartet (1989). He died on 6 May 2016 in Berlin, Germany.- Miriam Lewin was born on 23 August 1964 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Isabel on the Stairs (1984) and Kaskade rückwärts (1984).
- Abitur in Marl/Westphalia. Studied law and political science in Heidelberg and at the Free University of Berlin, legal clerkship in Berlin. Military service in the Air Force in Aurich, reserve gunner.
Since 1969 lawyer in Berlin, 10 years "Socialist Lawyers' Collective", 30 years defense counsel in political criminal proceedings.
Involvement in the student movement at the end of the 1960s. 1970 to 1974 member of the SPD; involved in the founding of the "Alternative List for Democracy and Environmental Protection," later state association of the Greens in Berlin, member of the Alternative List since 1985, for a time spokesman on the federal executive committee and in the state association Die Grünen.
Member of the Bundestag from 1985 to 1987 and since 1998; October 2002 to October 2005 deputy parliamentary group chairman and coordinator of the working group III Democracy, Law and Social Policy of the parliamentary group BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN. - Ursula Noack was born on 7 April 1918 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. She was an actress, known for Bongo Boy (1965), An Affair of States (1966) and Wie behandle ich meinen Chef? - Psychologisches Praktikum (1975). She died on 13 February 1988 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Editorial Department
- Actor
Markus Kreuzwirth was born on 3 September 1983 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), Uncharted (2022) and Munich: The Edge of War (2021).- Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Hübner was born in 1991 in Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He is known for Rewind: Die zweite Chance (2017), Like a Loser (2023) and A Hitman's Solitude Before the Shot (2014).- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Script and Continuity Department
Wolfgang Ebeling was born on 25 March 1929 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He is a writer, known for Chingachgook, die grosse Schlange (1967), He Du! (1970) and Pyat dney - pyat nochey (1961).- Ludwig Achtel was born on 17 September 1929 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. Ludwig was a writer, known for Karriere N (1974), Ultimatum (1959) and Die Bombe (1961). Ludwig died on 27 May 2007 in Berlin, Germany.
- Director
- Writer
- Animation Department
Hans-Ulrich Wiemer was born on 2 August 1929 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Der gelbe Dickbauch (1963), Das gestörte Fest (1978) and Jeder singt auf seine Weise (1979). He was married to Christl Wiemer. He died on 8 November 2012 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Costume Designer
Reinhard Heinrich was born on 24 August 1935 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He was a costume designer, known for Elisabeth (2005), Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1984) and Tannhäuser (1989). He died on 6 July 2006.- Music Department
Eva-Maria Pieckert was born on 7 September 1955 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. She is known for Mensch, Oma! (1984), Marta, Marta (1979) and Zwischen Frühstück und Gänsebraten (1959).- Producer
- Actress
- Camera and Electrical Department
Susan Olupitan was born on 27 January 1969 in Halle an der Saale, German Democratic Republic. She is a producer and actress, known for Pro-Black Sheep (2009), The Dead Guy (2005) and Truths and Fairy Tales (2013).